CWC 2023: Shaheen Afridi's sloppy fielding makes Mohammad Rizwan hide his face in dejection

Pakistan’s poor fielding once came under the scanner during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 clash against Afghanistan on Monday, October 23 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. After opting to bat first, the Babar Azam-led side posted a good score of 282/7 in their allotted 50 overs with Captain Babar top-scoring with 74 (92).

In reply, Afghanistan got off to a terrific start as their openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on a massive 130-run stand for the first wicket. During their partnership, Pakistan looked flat in the middle as they made several fumbles in the field.

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During the 16^th over of the innings bowled by Shadab Khan, Gurbaz pulled him towards wide long-on. Afridi, who was stationed on the boundary, quickly ran to cover the ball. However, he ended up running too far ahead and left the ball behind which raced to the boundary. Seeing, Afridi’s sloppy fielding wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan was spotted hiding his face with his glove in dejection.

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The misfield ended up costing them dearly as the openers took full advantage and got their team off to a flying start. Rahmanullah Gurbaz ended up scoring 65 (53) while Ibrahim Zadran went on to top score for Afghanistan with his innings of 87 off 113. After messing up in the field, Afridi helped his side get their first breakthrough as he dismissed Gurbaz in the 22^nd over.

Afghanistan register first win over Pakistan in ODIs

Following their dismissals, captain Hasmatullah Shahidi (48* off 45) and Rahmat Shah (77* off 84) got involved in an unbeaten 86-run stand to help their side chase down the target in 49 overs and register a historic 8-wicket win over Pakistan.

Notably, it was just their third win in the ODI World Cup history and the first one against Pakistan in the format. Shaheen Afridi finished the game with figures of 1/58 in ten overs. Courtesy of their win, they climbed to the sixth spot on the ODI World Cup 2023 points table with two wins from five matches having four points to their name.