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India face Afghanistan in the Match 9 of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 at New Delhi on October 11. Here is the IND vs AFG World Cup 2023 match live score, as well as updates, playing XIs and toss details. India vs Afghanistan live stream: how to watch Cricket World Cup game online and on TV now
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The margins between defeat and victory can be fine, and no teams have embodied that notion quite like Afghanistan and India, who meet at an extremely lively Arun Jaitley Stadium today. Afghanistan set a target of 273 in the first session, and the chase is underway.
Afghanistan's 272-8 doesn't feel like enough to beat the hosts
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The India vs Afghanistan live stream takes place today (Wednesday Oct. 11).
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Both sides met in the 2019 World Cup, their only fixture against each other in the quadrennial event to date. Chasing India’s target of 225, Afghanistan were well on course to cause an upset before Mohammed Shami cleaned up the tail with a hat-trick. They fell short by 11 runs in the end.
India will come into this match high on confidence after winning a crunch game against Australia. After being reduced to 2-3 early in their run-chase, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul put up a 165-run partnership to knock off the target of 200.
Team update: Shubman Gill will continue to miss out as he is yet to recover from dengue in Chennai. The hosts will likely make room for Mohammed Shami as an extra pacer in the playing XI, seeing the high-scoring belter in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan will expect their opening duo of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran to fire. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan will look to exploit the apparent weakness of Indian batters against wrist-spinners.
IND vs AFG predicted XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq.
A high-scoring encounter is on the cards. Last time, South Africa posted a record 428-5 in their opening match in New Delhi. If India can keep Afghanistan’s wrist spinners at bay, they are the clear favourites to win this match.
India vs Afghanistan World Cup 2023 Live Score: Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi (80) and Azmatullah Omarzai (62) lead Afghnaistan’s resistance against a buoyant India bowling attack as they finished with 272/8 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday. Jsprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers when he finished with figures of 4/39.
Earlier, Shahidi had won the toss and elected to bat on a hot afternoon in New Delhi. India made one change to their side from the previous game as they dropped off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and brought in seam-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur. India and Afghanistan are battling each other in the ninth match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
India are the clear favorites for this match, having convincingly won their opening match against Australia. On the other hand, Afghanistan lost their opening match to Bangladesh, but they will be looking to perform better against India.
Naveen ul Haq is introduced now and after two dots, Kishan has flipped the next one past short fine for a boundary. Was a chance there but the fielder could not get a hand to it. Two singles next as the batters rotate strike. Down Kishan's leg side next and he has flicked it behind for four more. Expensive from Naveen.
New Zealand who have two wins out of two have arrived for a training session at Chepauk. They seem to be taking it lightly today as they are engaged in a game of football for now. Must say it has been an intense game which has now lasted for nearly 45 minutes.
Farooqi in to bowl the 5th and Rohit has absolutely smoked his secxond delivery for a six!! Walks down the line and that's a flat maxiumum. That will give him a world of confidence. That's also 1000 runs for for the Indian captain in the World Cup. Farooqi changes his angles and Rohit pulls him for four more. Ends the over with another glorious boundary.
Mujeeb continues and Ishan Kishan finally gets a boundary as he plays late and places it through the covers to get his first run sin this WC. Takes a single next and Rohit is back on strike. And the 5th delivery is pulled away for four more, this time by Rohit.
Farooqi continues and Rohit starts this one off with a defence. Beautifully timed off the second to square length as it just evades the diving Rashid Khan to get to the boundary. Takes 2 off the last ball and wil retain strike in the next over.
India vs Afghanistan LIVE, ICC World Cup 2023 Latest Updates: Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan have got India's run-chase underway against Afghanistan in Delhi. The Men in Blue are looking to chase down a target of 273.
Mujeeb continuesa. However, it's an expensive over from him with 10 runs coming off it. Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma hit a boundary each in the over. Kishan is finally off the mark in the 2023 World Cup, after having been dismissed for a duck against Australia.
Rohit Sharma opens for India with Ishan Kishan as his partner. Fazalhaq Farooqi opens the bowling attack for Afghanistan. Rohit is off the mark right away, with a nudge through backward point. Just two runs off the first over.
So, 273 is what India will need to chase down in their 2023 ODI World Cup match against Afghanistan in Delhi. Naveen-ul-Haq was the batter to come in at number 10, and there were chants of "Kohli, Kohli" when Naveen walked out to the middle, recalling the duo's rivalry in the IPL this season.
Naveen collected a boundary in the final over, to help Afghanistan post 272/8. Afghanistan might feel they are some 20-30 runs short, but we will get to know if they were short when India begin their run-chase shortly. Stay tuned for India's reply.
After Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first in Match 9 of World Cup, they put on 272 for 8 in 50 overs. Hashmatullah Shahidi, the captain, struck 80 while Azmat also smalled a fifty with the bat to take Afghanistan to a strong total on the board. India's Jasprit Bumrah returned with the best figures in the World Cup, picking four wickets for 39 runs.
Earlier, Shardul Thakur replacing Ashwin was the only change India made for this match. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul ran the show for India in their first game of the 2023 World Cup campaign against Australia. Now, the focus shifts towards the clash against Afghanistan set to take place at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday (October 11). The first match of India told a lot of things about the players mentality and their strength within the batting lineup.
It was a bad start for Afghanistan in this tournament. They looked tempting on paper but the Hashmatullah Shahidi-led side were outclassed by Shakib Al Hasan's Bangladesh. Now they face the hosts who are aiming to lift the trophy at home after 12 years. Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi are the seniors players who have a lot experience of playing in India because of the IPL.
Ishan Kishan benefits from a loose ball on his pads, scoring four leg byes, and subsequently, Rohit Sharma guides one to third man for a single, while the remaining deliveries result in one run to third man, a boundary flicked wide of the short fine fielder, and two dot balls.
Whereas individual moments were the undoing of Afghanistan in their opener, which they lost by six wickets to Bangladesh, they were precisely what saved India from an opening game defeat to Australia.
Thanks to the heroics of Ravindra Jadeja with the ball, and Virat Kohli and KL Rahul with the bat, the tournament hosts managed to beat the Aussies by the same margin. But it was anything but comfortable, as three of their top four were dismissed for ducks.
With Afghanistan's losing run at Cricket World Cups now standing at 13 matches, the local fans will be hoping for an easier time of things in Delhi, especially with net run rate already in the forefront of everybody's minds. However, the Afghanis have shown moments of promise, and were it not for a pair of glaring missed catches Hashmatullah Shahidi's men might be level-pegging with their opponents.