Rashid Khan Meri Jaan: Afghanistan’s star leg-spinner Rashid Khan believes that winning their 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup match against England to send shockwaves in the tournament is a huge one for the side and hoped that the result also made their supporters back at home proud of the team.
Coming into Sunday’s match, Afghanistan had won just once – back in 2015 - in their ODI World Cup participation history. But at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, that turned into two as Afghanistan brought the tournament to life with a 69-run win over England.
While Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil made crucial half-centuries, Rashid chipped in with a cameo of 23-ball 22 to take Afghanistan to 284 in 49.5 overs. He then took three wickets alongside Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who also took the same number of scalps, to bowl out England for 215 and cause an incredible result in the competition.