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Champions Trophy Afg vs Eng: Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs in their second match of the Champions Trophy. With this defeat, England got out of the semi -final race.
Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs.
New Delhi. The most exciting match of the Champions Trophy 2025 was played between Afghanistan and England on Wednesday. This match, which changes repeatedly, ended in the last side of Afghanistan. In this match, England needed 16 runs to win the last 12 balls. Afghanistan had to take two wickets to win in these two overs. The match was absolutely equal, which was made by Ajmatullah Omarjai and Fazalhak Farooqui in favor of Afghanistan.
Farooqui threw 49th over
The 49th over of England's innings was done by Farooqui. When he started bowling, England had 310 runs for 8 wickets. He conceded 3 runs off the first 4 ball and got Jofra Archer (14) caught by Mohammad Nabi on the fifth ball. With this, England scored 313 runs for 9 wickets. Farooqui did not give any run on the last ball.
Ajmatullah ends the game of England
When the 50th over of England's innings started, his score was 313 runs for 9 wickets. Ajmatullah Omarjai conceded 4 runs off the first 4 ball of this over. This pan had now bowed in favor of Afghanistan. England needed 9 runs off the last two balls to win. Now England wanted a four in two balls and a six. Adil Rashid tried to hit a six on the fifth ball of Ajmatullah and was caught on the longoff. This was Ajmatullah's fifth wicket.
Afghanistan won by 8 runs
This match between England and Afghanistan was played in Lahore on Wednesday. This was the second match of both teams in the Champions Trophy. Afghanistan scored 325 runs for 7 wickets while batting first in the match. On his behalf, opener Ibrahim Jadaran (177) played the biggest innings in the history of the Champions Trophy. England's team was all out after scoring 317 runs in response to 327 runs. In this way Afghanistan won the match by 8 runs. Joe Root (120) of England scored a century, but he could not postpone the team's defeat.
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February 26, 2025, 23:39 IST
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