The Afghanistan National Cricket team defeated England by 69 runs in the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup on Sunday in India.

England won the toss and elected to field first.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran opened the batting for Afghanistan.

Gurbaz’s quick 80 runs of 57 balls at the beginning and Ikram Ali’s 58 runs of 66 balls helped team Afghanistan to put a total of 285 runs target for England.

England’s opener batters were Johny Bairstow and Dawid Malan.

For Afghanistan, Faroqi took the first wicket of Johny Bairstow.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan took three wickets each.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman took 3 wickets for 51 runs and Rashid Khan 3 wickets for 37 runs.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman also become man of the match. Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets for 16 runs.

England made a total of 215 runs at 40.3 overs with the loss of all players.

The match was held in Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Afghanistan's last two matches were against Bangladesh and India.