Afghanistan registered a historic win over the defending champions England in match 13 of the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
Their remarkable achievement has led to massive changes in the points table with the five-time champions dropping down to the bottom of the table in the tenth position.
Afghanistan, after their victory, have climbed up to sixth place as they opened their account and grabbed the first two points.
Mujeeb ur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Mohammad Nabi were the key contributors in Afghanistan's win against England.
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Gurbaz smashed a promising half-century at the top of the order and played a brilliant inning of 80 runs while Rahman, Khan, and Nabi accounted for a total of eight wickets between them to overpower England's batting lineup.
After being out into bat first, Afghanistan were brilliant with the performance as they set a challenging target of 285 runs in front of the strong English batting lineup.
The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led side put up a clinical performance with the ball as they bowled England out for 215 in 40.3 overs, claiming a 69-run victory.
Courtesy of the result in Delhi, Afghanistan have moved up from 10th to sixth position in the 2023 World Cup points table.
Their net run rate also took a massive boost and was improved from -1.907 to -0.652 while England's net run rate has come down from +0.553 to -0.0084. The defending champions continue to remain in the fifth position in the standings. They have two points to their name after three games, having lost two so far against New Zealand and Afghanistan.
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India had climbed up to the top spot as they continued to remain there after the 13th match. New Zealand, South Africa, and Pakistan are the other three in the top four. Sri Lanka, Australia, Netherlands haven't opened their account in the tournament so far. While Bangladesh have won only one game out of their three games.
Here is the ODI World Cup 2023 updated points table after Afghanistan's win over England in the Match 13 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi:
Afghanistan's big win over England earns them two valuable points, shaking up the #CWC23 standings 👊 pic.twitter.com/XGoQaNSwtD
— ICC (@ICC) October 16, 2023