ICC CWC'19: Joe Root relishing Eoin Morgan's 'ridiculous' knock and his leadership

Morgan hit an astonishing 17 sixes -- the most in a one-day international innings -- during the course of a fearsome 148.

Watch: Gulbadin Naib tries to obstruct Eoin Morgan’s way to get him out

Naib seemed apologetic about the incident and picked up Morgan's bat to hand it over to him.

Morgan was on 28 when Dawlat Zadran dropped him in the deep, a mistake Afghanistan were left to rue as the southpaw tore into them.

Morgan smashed a career-best 148 — with 118 coming from sixes and fours — off 71 balls to power England to 397-6.

During England's innings, Morgan came out to bat in the 30th over and started smashing aggressively all around the park from ball one.

Morgan's tally surpassed the record of 16 previously shared by India's Rohit Sharma, SA's AB de Villiers and West Indies' Chris Gayle.

Morgan had to leave the field with a back spasm during the West Indies innings in Southampton on Friday.

England registered a massive 104-run victory in the opening match of the World Cup against SA but faced a 14-run defeat against Pakistan.

Morgan felt the side had done a good job with their bowling and said the 130-run partnership between Root and Buttler kept the game alive.

The World Cup 2019 seems the best opportunity for the England team to end their hunt for their first World Cup trophy.