Afghanistan [286/2] cruise to a famous 8-wicket win over Pakistan [282/7] at ICC World Cup 2023

[emranabbas]

Dumb captaincy by babar bit too late to bring in chacha

 

[imshally81]

Nothing in the pitch at all for the spinners in the second innings

How

 

[Mamoon]

We deserve this humiliation.

 

[batandballbattle]

Not watching the match… has the pitch become easier to bat or is this bad bowling or great batting

poor bowling, ball has turned well off the ptich on the rare good ball but they just kept feeding them long hops

 

[Kroll]

that 2015 team was pretty dire too, current afg would give them a run for their money

It was, but this seems to be taking it to levels even beyond that.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Lol, part timer Iftikhar is better than main spinners of Paksitan

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Chacha have got much more brain in bowling than mir nawaz and shadab

 

[imshally81]

Good over by Chacha

 

[7sins]

Ifti bowled a solid over could have bought him in the pp but babar is so pathetic and I'm over this guy should be stripped off captaincy after wc

 

[chinaman00]

Minnow bashers have become minnows. lol!

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

so desperately need a wicket.

 

[IAJ]

When Chacha is your best spinner, you're in serious trouble

Chacha should have bowled alot more in his career, could have been a bowler like Mohammad Nabi and a better batsman.

 

[mominsaigol]

Kept telling everyone, you can have the worlds best pitch for spinners. Doesn't matter if your own spinners can't spin or bowl line and length properly

 

[Ali Active]

Chacha is bowling like Warne .no chance for Afghanistan now

U are implyoing panoti on everyone Nice tactic

 

[Mamoon]

Iftikhar is Pakistan's best spinner. At least he can 'spin' the ball.

Shadab, Usama, Nawaz. The only thing that spins is their bodies and the towels hanging from their pants.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

guys, it's simple. We play like cowards. There were no demons in this pitch. Afg played 4 spinners. we should have scored 325+ easily. Instead we went into a shell scared of a collapse. This team is shot, deserves to be knocked out of WC

 

[amvbfm]

The Afghans have lost no wicket. Their run rate is 6. How do we expect to win this game with this field setting? They just need to knock it around for 5 an over for the next 20. Might as well forfeit the game if we are hoping for miracles.

 

[Nasty Naz]

It's so wild that not a single bowler can't go a single over without bowling boundary bowls. Pacers are brainless, spinners offer zero control and somehow they just can't take wickets either.

We are minnows. It's time to accept this reality.

 

[neonoir]

PCB need to have a deep long look at themselves when ifti chacha is Pak's most threatening spinner!

 

[topspin]

We deserve this humiliation.

You should copyright this.

 

[castortroy]

Golden rule, you don't play 2 legspinners in ODI cricket

 

[karthikc]

Chacha getting more spin than all the bowlers that played tonight

In general..why are such players like Ifti making their appearance in team so late in age?

 

[mrtaim3]

Body language is down.. Even Mickey Arthur is head down. Poor from the coach. Never liked Mickey.

 

[ezhil]

The only thing that can save pak in this match is afghan making own mistakes out of inexperience in chasing big score or shaheen death over spell

 

[7sins]

They just need 167 in 31 overs with all 10 wickets easy absolutely cake walk

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

What is update on Dew effect?
Seems like no dew effect in South India.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Not sure about 230 but 280 is a HUGE chase at Chennai. Even I don't see this chase happening. Afghans don't have batting quality to do this chase. Rahmat and Shahidi are just terrible

It is tough to chase at Chennai even on good batting wicket. It will require a really poor bowling effort.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

why usama again?

 

[RexRex]

Ajay Jadeja has taught Afghanistan all the secrets he learnt from 1996. Legend.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rauf is just a T20 bowler. We have a habit of throwing T20 players in tests and ODIs. He was useless in tests as well.

I think someone like Amad Butt would have been a very good selection . New ball skills and hard hitting lower order batsman. But PAK are obsessed with Faheem Ashraf for some reason

 

[Devadwal]

Not sure about 230 but 280 is a HUGE chase at Chennai. Even I don't see this chase happening. Afghans don't have batting quality to do this chase. Rahmat and Shahidi are just terrible

Yes . this is huge target set by Pakistan ,so no chance for them.

 

[oatmeal]

I thought Usama was going to wreak havoc on the chennai pitch. He's bowling like a part time

 

[jnaveen1980]

What is update on Dew effect?
Seems like no dew effect in South India.

There won't be much dew in chennai. If at all there is dew it will come after 30th or 35th over. By the time you nkow wher the game is heading.

 

[The_KING]

How the hell can a professional cricketer not know how to bowl a consistent line and length?

 

[globetrotter]

IMO Babar should bowl now, unusual move can give u wkt

 

[Ali Active]

Shadab has two deleveries long hop or full toss

 

[castortroy]

Lol

Unbelievable that they can't land 6 deliveries in the same spot

 

[topspin]

Ever since ICC clamped down on illegal bowling actions in 2015, we have yet to produce a quality finger spinner. Pakistan is so far behind the times.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

damn it yaar.

 

[7sins]

On this rank tunrer Usama going 7.24 an over absolutely garbage not even club level bowler

 

[MMHS]

Why he bowls so many full tosses!!! Even in T20s, T20 doesn’t give any benefit.

 

[NeVerMind]

Bad ball by Shadab...bad fielding by Hasan...time to come home boys...

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Pakistani fielding is more entertaining than thier batting

 

[chinaman00]

This team can’t bat, can’t bowl and can’t field. Easy 4s being conceded.

 

[Devadwal]

Hahahaha Pakistan fielding

 

[oatmeal]

You have to stop it at this level. poor

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hasan Ali is digging treasure on the boundary line

 

[Aviator]

This cornered tiger BS isn't gonna work with this lot, they will be getting even better thrashing than this...

 

[nish_mate]

You stop the ball as the boundary rider, not guide it to the boundary....

 

[TheNeutralist]

That is some crappy fielding by Hasan

 

[JaDed]

PCT is the worst fielding unit among the top cricketing nations. Absolute school level issues there.

 

[shortbread]

They're letting boundaries off on purpose, not the first time! This doesn't look right. Hasan Ali is a decent fielder.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Ok. Now this looks suspicious. No team should be fielding this bad. I can understand a few misfields. But this is too much.

 

[mominsaigol]

You should copyright this.

This is why I said 270/280 wouldn't be enough.

Heck tbh, anything below 370 wouldn't be enough .

Bechara imad, Amir and abrar. Also why wasn't nouman Ali brought in? He's way better then these 2 (Usama and Sheddy)?

Ik he's a test spinner but curious.

 

[Shafi]

10 wicket loss on the card!!!!!

 

[Aham Brahmasmi]

Don't know why Pakistan prefers Hasan ali. Average bowler, below average fielder and a slogger batsman only.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

How selection committee gave priority to mir over abrar? This is sick.

 

[castortroy]

I think this is the worst 20 overs I have ever seen by a pak team

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Good luck to us... really. we really need it now.

 

[oatmeal]

Chacha will get the breakthrough

 

[Major]

six to ifti, now babar will become a coward and remove chacha from the attack

 

[Devadwal]

Chachu bowling with mid-off inside circle. Wow

 

[RexRex]

Astonishing six.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Monsterous six

 

[SyedV]

282 is more than enough for PK, Afg getting no where near that.. This is 40 runs more than what was a good total

Good target to defend with.

282 is more than enough for PK, Afg getting no where near that.. This is 40 runs more than what was a good total

With no early break through, Pakistan have to do some experiment in bowling. By the bye, Chennai crowd is Good and Neutral.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Nothing in the pitch at all for the spinners in the second innings

Bowling second is difficult in Chennai as the pitch becomes easy to bat as was evident in the India vs Aus match where India won even after being 2/3. Which begs the question as to why Pakistan chose to field first.

One more upset loading in this WC.

 

[batandballbattle]

It was, but this seems to be taking it to levels even beyond that.

definitely rivals that dark period in terms of performances, although on paper I'd take more of the current team than the 2015 one

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Babar Azam are you watching???
This is how you build innings

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Ajay Jadeja has taught Afghanistan all the secrets he learnt from 1996. Legend.

Pakistan need Shahid Afridi to teach them his secrets from 1996 too.

 

[Mamoon]

but but but but Rizwan is miles better than Gurbaz

 

[ArabKnight]

Iftikhar is Pakistan's best spinner.

Spoke too soon.

 

[oatmeal]

When did Afghan batting get so good . they used to be very average

 

[7sins]

This is done and dusted game over can these jokers forfiet the next matches and save fans from humiliation? And yeah babar saving Shaheen for next tour idiot captain and player

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Relax guys. 1 wicket and Afg will crumble under pressure like always

 

[Omer2002]

Dumb captaincy by babar bit too late to bring in chacha

absolutely ...pathetic he is i would have started with him..now he is brought him on he has mid on ...no idea why

 

[owenhcricket]

Oh man, what a hammering here today.

The pitch is completely useless under lights (As I've said all tournament) but this is remarkably bad by Pakistan.

 

[sweep_shot]

Afghans are looking good to win this.

128/0 (19.5 overs).

 

[shortbread]

2 wickets can turn this around.

 

[7sins]

When did Afghan batting get so good . they used to be very average

When they start selecting players on merit and form and have full time coach not a Skype coach

 

[jnaveen1980]

Haydos you can't take a dig at Pakistan fielding when Australian fielding is the worst in this world cup