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AUS vs AFG: Australia entered the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 after defeating Afghanistan by 3 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday. Australia’s explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell was the hero of this victory. At one point, when half of the Australian team returned to the pavilion within 70 runs, Glenn Maxwell took over the innings along with captain Pat Cummins and led Australia to victory. Glenn Maxwell scored an unbeaten innings of 201 off 128 balls with the help of 21 fours and 10 towering sixes against Afghanistan. Glenn Maxwell was adjudged Man of the Match for this brilliant innings.
Glenn Maxwell was joined by Captain Cummins
Chasing the target, the Australian team got off to a poor start. Australia lost 3 wickets within 50 runs while half of the Australian team returned to the pavilion within 70 runs. At one point the match was completely under Afghanistan’s control. After this, Glenn Maxwell gradually developed a partnership with captain Pat Cummins. After Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh scored the highest 24 runs for Australia. However, Maxwell had the full support of captain Pat Cummins. Pete Cummins played an important innings of 15 runs off 68 balls.
Ibrahim Zadran played a brilliant innings
Earlier, after winning the toss and electing to bat first, Afghanistan scored 291 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Ibrahim Zadran played a brilliant innings of 129 runs from Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Zadar hit 8 fours and 3 towering sixes. Apart from this, all-rounder Rashid Khan from Afghanistan played an innings of 35 runs in 18 balls in the last over. Meanwhile, Rashid Khan hit 2 fours and 3 skyscraper sixes. From Australia, Josh Hazlewood took the highest 2 wickets by giving 39 runs in 9 overs.