New Delhi. In the 13th match of the World Cup 2023, defending champion England will face Afghanistan. This match will be played in Delhi. The match will be played from 2 pm. This will be the third match of both Afghanistan and England teams in the World Cup. Afghanistan has lost both its matches played so far and the team is at the last position in the points table. England had to face defeat from New Zealand in their first match. However, after this England made a strong comeback and defeated Bangladesh in the second match. Now England will try to repeat the same performance against Afghanistan also.
This will be the third ODI match between England and Afghanistan. Earlier, both the times there had been a clash in the World Cup and England had won. In the 2019 World Cup, former England captain Eoin Morgan hit 17 sixes against Afghanistan and England scored 397 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. The wicket of Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi is good for batting. In such a situation, if the England team bats first then its focus will be on making a big score.
Joe Root has scored the most runs from England this year in the World Cup-2023. He has 150 plus runs in his name. Among bowlers, Reece Topley has performed brilliantly in this World Cup. He has taken 4 wickets in 2 matches.