Afghanistan’s golden run within the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup continued as Sri Lanka discovered themselves on the receiving finish of one other scientific run-chase from the Hashmatullah Shahidi-led facet in Pune on Monday, October 30. Sri Lanka have been responsible of being too subdued with the bat and misplaced a flurry of wickets ultimately as, regardless of a first rate combat from the middle-order, the 1996 champions might solely get to a rating of 240, which was below-par on a actually good floor on the MCA Stadium.
Afghanistan, like they did towards Pakistan, chased the goal down with out breaking a sweat because the likes of Rahmat Shah, captain Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai starred in a neat run-chase as they acquired dwelling with 28 balls to spare. This was Afghanistan’s third win of the event and are the one facet remaining within the race to have a sensible probability of qualifying for the semifinals.
Sri Lanka, then again, suffered their fourth loss of the event and are on the verge of early exit. This loss additionally noticed Sri Lanka register most defeats for a team within the Cricket World Cup historical past because the Men in Blue surpassed Zimbabwe to have misplaced 43 matches out of 86 performed. Zimbabwe has 42 losses in its identify.
England and Pakistan, who’re struggling for kind within the ongoing World Cup have misplaced 37 and 36 matches respectively.Â
Most defeats in ODI World Cup historical past
Sri Lanka – 43 losses in 86 matches (1975-2023)
Zimbabwe – 42 losses in 57 matches (1983-2015)
England – 37 losses in 89 matches (1975-2023)
Pakistan – 36 losses in 85 matches (1975-2023)
West Indies – 35 losses in 80 matches (1975-2019)
Sri Lanka subsequent face the table-toppers India whereas Afghanistan have a probability to get forward within the desk with two extra factors as they face the Dutch in Lucknow on Friday, November 3.
