Mohammed Shami claimed a hat-trick to secure victory as India pipped Afghanistan by 11𒀰 runs in a thrilling low-scoring World Cup match at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Satur🌺day.
Ele𒐪cting to bat after winning the toss, India batsmen struggled on a slow pitch and crawled to 224 for eight with Virat Kohli (67) and Kedar Jadhav (52) managing half-centuries against a disciplined Afghanistan bowling unit.
Captain Gulbadin Naib (2/51) and ♛all-rounder Mohammad Nabi (2/33) shared four wickets between them as India posted their lowest total of the tournament.
Afghanistan’s batsmen, however, could not complement the effort of their bowlers and were dismissed for 213 in 49.5 overs.
Nabi top-scored for them with 52 before Shami claimed the last three wickets in successive deliveries in the final over to seal India’s fourth victory of the tournament.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
We won but an outstanding eᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚffort from Afghanistan. They can be very proud. Bumrah and Shami saved 🅺it for India in the end. Congratulations to on the Hat-trick.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Well done Bhai rocks Afghanistan shocked but really appreciate the wa🎉y played 👍 🏆
— Khaleel Ahmed 🇮🇳 (@imK_Ahmed13)
Looked🍌 like Sanjay Manjrekar really really 🍒wanted Afghanistan to win today. But ‘s incredible HATTRICK & ‘s Yorkers came in way. Well played Afghanistan. And well done 🙌🏽
— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher)
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— Athiya Shetty (@theathiyashetty)
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Indians to take a hat-trick in the World Cup:
Chetan Sharma v NZ in 1987
MOHAMMED SHAMI v Afghanistan in 🦩2019 — 4th Indi🐼an to take ODI hat-trickKapil Dev and Kuldeep Yadav too have ODI hat-tricks for ಞIndi♕a
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Jasprit Bumrah is gold. Super calm under pressure. Feel for Afghanistan 🇦🇫 though. A brillia🔯nt game.
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
Such a nail-biter that
Amazing amazing bowling by all our bowlers. , and tha⭕t hat-trick stole the showAfghanistan played well but India ha🍷d the winning edge. ♏
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan)
What an amazing win tonight ! Many co𝐆ngratu💖lations team India. Superb performance by Mohammed Shami
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
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Hattrick in his comeback game for Team INDIA 🇮🇳 u beauty. So very happy for u 👍 Well done for an incredible Win tonight. To defend such a low score goes to show that we hav d best bowling attack in this World Cup. Congratulatꦓions everyone 👏👍🇮🇳
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
Phew! Made to work hard for that one. Full marks to Afghanistan, pushed India 💛till the finish line. Champion spell by hattrick hero
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Bumrah & Shami 🌳deserve all the praise for the win tonight but still too close for com🔯fort.
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
UNBEATEN AT ! 🇮🇳 register their 50th World Cup victory in a crackꦯer of a 🍸game vs Afghanistan winning the match by 11 runs. 💪 (📸: BCCI)
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Top bowling performance hattrick 💪🏏🔥 Chahal you beauty .. great game in༒dia 🇮🇳 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ congratulations
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
What a game. Hats off to for their tremendous courage and skills in giving India a ✃run for their money. Fantastic effort from but India holding their nerves in the end.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Afghanistan won a lot of new fans today. Played superbly and India were lucky t♛o win this.any con🧸gratulations to on a World Cup Hat-trick
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
