07-10-2023, 22:50
Afghanistan started well but fell to pieces in the middle overs with some poor shots against tight, disciplined Bangladeshi bowling; butterfingers in the field then prevented them making any kind of defence of a low total. Total carnage and records tumbling on a flat deck in Delhi meanwhile: a new fastest World Cup century from Aiden Markram, shaving one ball off Kevin O'Brien's 2011 best, in the course of South Africa setting a new highest total (428-5 surpassing Australia's 417-6 in 2015) and a new highest aggregate courtesy of Sri Lanka's spirited but doomed chase led by a swashbuckling Kusal Mendis.
Big one tomorrow as India open their World Cup in Chennai against Australia.
Big one tomorrow as India open their World Cup in Chennai against Australia.
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