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Afghanistan have caused one of the biggest upset of World Cup history as they stunned defending champions England by 69 runs in their ODI World Cup match at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on October 15, Sunday.
After posting a challenging total of 284, Afghanistan bowled out the reigning champions for a paltry 215 to record their first win over England.
The shock defeat against Afghanistan left English skipper Jos Buttler heartbroken, gutted and shattered. Buttler while ruing England's embarrassing loss said you got to let these defeats hurt.
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“Disappointing to win the toss and concede that many, me missing that first ball down the leg side set the tone. Credit to Afghanistan, they outplayed us today. It came down to execution, we weren’t quite at the level we’d like to be with both bat and ball. They have some fantastic bowlers, the dew didn’t come in as much as we expected, the ball held up a bit too. They bowled dead straight and kept the stumps in play, we just weren’t quite good enough,” Buttler said.
“You got to let these defeats hurt, there’s no point in getting over things too quickly, we need to reflect. There’s a lot of character in this group, we need to show a lot of resilience and come back stronger. We need to have guys being able to perform under pressure and that’s what all of us will be working hard towards,” the gutted Buttler added.
Riding on Rahmanullah Gurbaz's 80 off 57 and Ikram Alikhil's 58 off 66, Afghanistan posted a total of 284 in their stipulated 50 overs. In reply, England batters perished under pressure and were bowled out for just 215 to hand Afghanistan a 69-run victory. Three Afghan spinners, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi combined to dismiss eight wickets to break England's back.
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