Pakistan finish on 282/7 after Iftikhar Ahmed’s blistering innings in the death overs
In the 22nd match of the 2023 World Cup, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium.
Shadab Khan replaced Muhammad Nawaz in the Pakistan XI.
Pakistan scored 120 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 25 overs. Imam-ul-Haq was dismissed after scoring 17 runs, Abdullah Shafiq was out for 58 runs, and Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 8 runs.
Skipper Babar Azam scored his second consecutive 50 and provided stability to the innings.
Runs scored by Pakistan batters:
- Abdullah Shafique: 58 (77)
- Imam-ul-Haq: 17 (24)
- Babar Azam: 74 (92)
- Mohammad Rizwan: 8 (18)
- Saud Shakeel: 25 (34)
- Shadab Khan: 40 (38)
- Iftikhar Ahmed: 40 (27)
Pakistan XI:
- Abdullah Shafique
- Imam-ul-Haq (dismissed for 17)
- Babar Azam (c)
- Mohammad Rizwan (wk) (dismissed for 8)
- Saud Shakeel
- Shadab Khan (replacing Muhammad Nawaz)
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Usama Mir
- Hasan Ali
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Haris Rauf
Afghanistan XI:
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Ibrahim Zadran
- Rahmat Shah
- Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Ikram Alikhil (wk)
- Mohammad Nabi
- Rashid Khan
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Naveen-ul-Haq
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
