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Third place India managed to win very narrowly, going on to maintain their unbeaten tag. They next face West Indies on June 27. (Photo: File)

BCCI gets slammed for calling India’s victory ‘thump’

The tweet became the butt of jokes and was later deleted.

23 Jun 2019 12:33 PM

Mohammad Shami (Photo: Cricket World Cup / Twitter)

ICC CWC'19: Shami bowls Twitter with hat-trick against Afghanistan

Shami has become the second Indian to take a hat-trick in the 50-over tournament after former pacer Chetan Sharma.

23 Jun 2019 11:05 AM

Talking about the pitch, Jadhav said it was slow and the ball was turning a little. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: 'Credit goes to bowlers for defending small total', says Kedar Jadhav

Jadhav scored 52 runs off 68 balls, which saw three boundaries and one six before Gulbadin Nabi dismissed him.

23 Jun 2019 10:43 AM

India have not suffered even a single defeat in the premier tournament so far and will aim to continue their sublime form against Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Key players to watch in India-Afghanistan clash

Both the teams possess players who have the ability to get their team over the line single-handedly.

22 Jun 2019 2:51 PM

On the other hand, Afghanistan who will aim to halt India’s winning streak, has lost all the five matches it played. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: India vs Afghanistan; determining the loopholes and core of the team

India will look to carry on its winning run, having defeated heavy weights Australia, inconsistent Pakistan and South Africa.

22 Jun 2019 2:47 PM

Gulbadin Naib has shown good skills with both bat and ball in the ongoing World Cup. (Photo: Screengrab Cricketontop /YouTube)

ICC CWC'19: Gulbadin Naib praises Indian team ahead of India-Afghanistan clash

Gulbadin said that the team should try to display their A game in every match.

22 Jun 2019 2:08 PM

ICC World Cup 2019: IND VS AFG; India wins the match by 11 runs

AFG: 213/10

22 Jun 2019 1:13 PM

After witnessing a washout against New Zealand, and a mid-way rain in the match against Pakistan, India will hope that the weather remains sunny and clear as another washout might dent their chances of qualifying to the semis. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: India vs Afghanistan; Weather report

Rampaging India will look to carry on its winning run, having defeated heavy weights Australia, inconsistent Pakistan and South Africa.

22 Jun 2019 12:36 PM

Rashid calls it a principle stand and not against any particular individual. (Photo: AFP)

'I don't play for Gulbadin or cricket board, I play for Afghanistan': Rashid Khan

Rashid made the statement when asked if his relationship with skipper Gulbadin Naib has strained for voicing his displeasure at change of captaincy.

21 Jun 2019 6:03 PM

The previous match was reduced by 10-overs in the second innings after the rain interfered in the match many times, but luckily, India was able to play a full-fledged 40-overs match. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: India vs Afghanistan pre-match weather forecast

The conditions for tomorrow’s match are most likely to be sunny until 12 pm BST.

21 Jun 2019 1:46 PM

Stating he didn’t know about the incident because he wasn’t involved in it, Gulbadin Naib deflected the questions. (Photo: Cricketontop /YouTube)

Naib threatens to leave press conference if asked about restaurant 'incident'

Afghanistan is the only team which hasn’t won a single game out of the five matches they have played so far.

20 Jun 2019 5:35 PM

On the eve of the England match, some members of the Afghanistan team were involved in an altercation at a restaurant in Manchester. (Photo: AFP)

Afghanistan coach Simmons to expose chief selector Dawlat Ahmadzai after World Cup

Gulbadin Naib’s men suffered their fifth defeat in as many matches after losing to hosts England on Tuesday.

19 Jun 2019 6:02 PM

Afghanistan spin king Rashid Khan witnessed a terrible day in the field after he produced the most expensive spell in the history of World Cup. (Photo: AFP)

Twitterati trolls Rashid Khan for producing most expensive spell in World Cup history

The number three-ranked ODI bowler gave away 110 runs in his nine overs spell.

19 Jun 2019 4:25 PM

Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Shahidi has said he disregarded medical advice and kept on batting after taking a bouncer to the helmet in Tuesday’s World Cup defeat by England because he did not want his mother to worry. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: 'I carried on because I didn't want my mother to be worried': Shahidi

The 24-year-old was struck by a delivery from England’s Mark Wood that sent him crashing to the turf at Old Trafford.

19 Jun 2019 3:42 PM

But Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib, speaking to reporters after the match, played down the incident by saying he had no fresh information to offer on the alleged altercation. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Afghanistan players engage in restaurant fight

The incident took place the night before Afghanistan's World Cup match against England at Manchester's Old Trafford.

19 Jun 2019 1:43 PM

In a match against Afghanistan, Joe Root entered with 279 runs under his belt. The 28-year-old batsman hit 88 runs off 82 balls to climb up and sit at the second place in the most-runs' table. (Photo:AP/PTI)

ICC CWC'19: Joe Root becomes second highest run-scorer

Root along with Jonny Bairstow (90) built a 120-run stand, before stitching a devastating 189-run partnership with his captain Eoin Morgan.

19 Jun 2019 9:51 AM

Morgan clobbered 17 sixes, one more than the previous record shared by India’s Rohit Sharma, West Indies’ Chris Gayle and South African AB de Villiers, in an audacious display of ball-striking at Old Trafford. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Eoin Morgan states he never thought he would hit a record breaking knock

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.

19 Jun 2019 9:36 AM

The spin-heavy Asians pinned their hopes on Rashid, the poster boy of Afghan cricket, who tops the list of T20 bowlers and is ranked third in the ODI list, to contain England’s formidable batting order. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Gulbadin Naib defends Rashid Khan after Eoin Morgan's mauling

Afghanistan stay rooted to the bottom of the points table after their five defeats in as many matches.

19 Jun 2019 8:51 AM

Eoin Morgan rewrote the record books on Tuesday, clobbering 17 sixes - the most in a one-day international innings - in a blistering century. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Eoin Morgan smashes 148 as England crushed Afghanistan by 150 runs

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

19 Jun 2019 8:31 AM

ICC CWC’19: ENG vs AFG; England win the toss and choose to bat, Roy misses out

Jason Roy currently holds the record for the most runs scored in a single game (153) at this tournament.

18 Jun 2019 2:59 PM

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