New Delhi. Afghanistan team has become the 5th team to be eliminated from World Cup 2023. In one of the matches of the tournament, the Afghanistan team will face South Africa in Ahmedabad. In the match, the Afghan team won the toss and decided to bat. Their net run rate is -0.338 while New Zealand’s is 0.743. In such a situation, the Afghanistan team needed to win the match by 434 runs to go ahead of the Kiwi team in terms of net run rate, but the team could only score 244 runs while batting first. In such a case, even if he wins, he will be out of the tournament.
New Zealand has 10 points from 9 matches while Afghanistan has 8 points from 8 matches. If the Afghanistan team registers a win against South Africa, they will have 10 points from 9 matches, but the team will not be able to finish in the top-4 in the table due to their net run rate. So far, India, South Africa and Australia have qualified for the semi-finals. While New Zealand is also certain to play the semi-finals. Pakistan’s net run rate is also very bad.
The tournament was memorable
Although the Afghanistan team could not make it to the semi-finals. But World Cup 2023 was memorable for him. The team defeated 3 former champions England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. These three teams could not make it to the semi-finals. Afghanistan has also qualified for the Champions Trophy to be held in 2025. Top-8 teams including Pakistan will get a place in the Champions Trophy. The tournament matches are to be played in Pakistan.
The Indian cricketer retired midway through the World Cup, only 33 years old, making his debut under Dhoni’s captaincy
Afghanistan team will play Champions Trophy for the first time. The team did not win a single match in the 2019 World Cup. Pakistan is scheduled to face England on Saturday in the World Cup 2023 match. All eyes are on this match too.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Babar Azam, South Africa, World Cup 2023
First published: November 10, 2023, 18:04 IST