New Zealand Continue Winning
New Zealand effectively safeguarded 288/6 to win their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup conflict at Mama Chidambaram Arena in Chennai against Afghanistan.
The Dark Covers gave off an impression of being in a tough situation at 110/4 in the primary innings after three speedy wickets wrecked a strong beginning.
Yet, an organization worth 144 between Glenn Phillips (71) and Tom Latham (68) helped New Zealand up to a difficult aggregate, supported by some messy handling from Afghanistan.
Furthermore, in answer, New Zealand's speed bowlers got among the wickets to restrict Afghanistan's pursuing exertion, with Mitchell Santner likewise featuring both with the ball and in the field.
New Zealand beat Afghanistan by 149 runs
Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the throw and chose to bowl first, and his side spilled an early opportunity when Will Youthful was dropped off the bowling of Fazalhaq Farooqi - the principal botched chance of quite a large number.
Afghanistan mourn dropped gets in the field
Conway was caught lbw by Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the seventh over for 20, and Afghanistan bowled with discipline and kept the New Zealand scoring rate under check for the rest of the main Powerplay.
Positive batting from Youthful and Rachin Ravindra assisted the Dark Covers with getting speed, and they added 66 runs throughout the following 10 overs, taking 26 runs from Mohammed Nabi's three overs in this period.
New Zealand's smooth run was shaken by a splendid twofold wicket charge from Azmatullah Omarzai. Rachin Ravindra attempted to go across the line and had his center stump removed from Azmatullah's subsequent ball. What's more, the absolute last bundle of that oversaw the other set hitter, Youthful, tumble to a splendid plunging take from the Afghanistan manager, Iram Alikhil. An inside edge steered toward Alikhil's left and the guardian jumped at it while remaining low to finish the take.
New Zealand had scarcely recuperated when Rashid Khan struck for the Asian side. He had Daryl Mitchell pull one to midwicket and Afghanistan was well and genuinely in the game.
With Afghanistan bowling wonderfully and detecting the potential chance to set up their subsequent shock bring about merely days, Latham and Phillips got comfortable to fabricate the innings' conclusive organization, bringing the game into the last ten overs before releasing various top dogs.
The pair put on 144 in a game-turning commitment, although Afghanistan gave the two New Zealand hitters various additional lives thanks to a few especially normal endeavors in the field.
Naveen-ul-Haq struck to eliminate both in the 48th over, however, finisher Imprint Chapman moved forward to crush 25 from 12 balls at the passing to help New Zealand's total up to 288/6.
Wickets tumble in Afghanistan's pursuit
Afghanistan's answer got off to a consistent beginning as the two openers endeavored to see off the large danger of Trent Boult and Matt Henry in the Powerplay.
However, similarly, as the pair seemed to get set, two wickets fell in about three balls, with Henry tidying up the key hitter Rahmanullah Gurbaz for 11, and Boult having Ibrahin Zadran gotten for 14.
Realizing that there were no less than ten overs of part-time bowling to come, Afghanistan was glad to revamp and provide their center request an opportunity.
Yet, the pursuit experienced one more pass when Mitchell Santner pulled over a splendid catch to eliminate the captain Hashmatullah Shahidi for a moderate 29-ball 8.
A 54-run organization saw Afghanistan fabricate a stage that could transform into a platform for their lower request hitters, however, there was still a ton of work to do when Boult got back to value out Azmatullah Omarzai for 27.
Furthermore, the generally costly Rachin Ravindra got the wicket of Rahmat Shah, through an extended third-umpire choice on a knock ball, to leave Afghanistan five down and with a mountain to ascend.
Afghanistan required something significant from their strong all-rounders, however, Mohammad Nabi was the following wicket to fall, leaving his group 125/6.
It was Santner who got it, getting his 100th ODI wicket in style, floating one past the player's external edge to shake the stumps.
What's more, it was a blend of Lockie Ferguson and Santner who wrapped the game up rapidly to get a major net run rate help for the Dark Covers, taking the last four wickets in the space of only eight conveyances as Afghanistan was bowled out for 139, still 149 runs low.
Triumph puts New Zealand top of the table with four successes from four and the competition's best net run rate, while Afghanistan will hope to return when they take on Pakistan next up on Monday.
