Afghanistan’s spinners have set a world record for most overs bowled in a single edition of the World Cup. In the ongoing World Cup 2023 in India, Afghanistan’s spinners bowled a total of 268.5 overs, breaking Team India’s 12-year-old record. During the 2011 World Cup, India’s spinners bowled a total of 251 overs. Talking about the current World Cup, apart from Afghanistan, no other team’s spinners could bowl even 200 overs. Let us tell you that Afghanistan ended its brilliant World Cup 2023 campaign with a defeat against South Africa. After winning 4 out of 9 matches, the team is in sixth place with 8 points.
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Afghanistan’s spinners bowled the most overs in a single edition of the World Cup.
268.5 – Afghanistan (2023)
251 – India (2011)
233.1 – Sri Lanka (2003)
223.2 – Afghanistan (2019)
Afghanistan also became the first team in World Cup history to bowl 40 overs with spinners in an innings. Yes, Afghanistan’s spinners set a world record by bowling 40 overs against South Africa. The record was previously held by UAE who bowled 39 overs with spinners against New Zealand in the 1996 World Cup.
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40 – Afghanistan vs South Africa, Ahmedabad, 2023
39 – UAE v New Zealand, Faisalabad, 1996
39 – Zimbabwe vs Australia, Ahmedabad, 2011
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How was the match between South Africa and Afghanistan?
After winning the toss and batting first, the Afghanistan team scored 244 runs in the allotted 50 overs on the back of Azmatullah Omarzai’s unbeaten innings of 97 runs. South Africa chased down this score by 5 wickets in 47.3 overs. At one point, Afghanistan’s spinners dominated South Africa, but the African team used their experience to register a victory. Rasi van der Dusen shone with the bat for South Africa, playing an unbeaten innings of 76 runs.