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Akash Chopra, the former Test opener of the Indian cricket team, spoke about the Afghanistan vs Australia World Cup 2023 match. In this match played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the Afghanistan team scored 291 runs in the match till 20 overs, as Australia lost seven wickets. After this, Glenn Maxwell scored a single-handed double century to lead the team to victory. He couldn’t score runs while batting because he had cramps. Why did Afghanistan lose against Australia in this match? Akash Chopra has explained the reason.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Akash Chopra said on his YouTube channel, “The fielding has let this team down. It’s happened before and it’s happening again. It’s been a bit disappointing that Afghanistan’s fielding has been so mediocre. Otherwise, the team is playing. . very well. They lost, but won hearts. They’ll think they missed an opportunity.” The former India opener admitted that Mujeeb ur Rahman’s dismissal of Glenn Maxwell changed the course of the match, as the Australian all-rounder Maxwell was batting on a personal score of just 33 at the time.
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He continued, “Nobody drops a catch on purpose, but it was a regulation catch and the match was out of their control after that. Nobody thought that the catch would be dropped like that or that Pat Cummins would be out for 12 runs. runs. Will play 70 balls, or such a large partnership of 200 runs, with one man contributing only 12 runs.” Glenn Maxwell got two lives. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi gave a lifeline first, but this catch was very difficult. Apart from this, he was given out lbw once, but was saved by DRS due to the ball being high.