Maxwell created history by scoring 201 runs, registered his name in history and led Australia to a spectacular victory. Australia vs Afghanistan Worldcup2023
It is said that “The one who wins the defeat is called a juggler”. The meaning of this word was understood yesterday when Maxwell single-handedly defeated Afghanistan. Australia’s innings had faltered but Maxwell said that as long as ” “Till the tiger is not dead, the tiger is not defeated.” Maxwell completed this sentence with his batting style and gave Australia a spectacular victory. Australia’s 7 batsmen had gone towards the pavilion at the score of 90. But Maxwell said that the match is not over as long as I am at the crease and he accomplished this feat by playing an individual inning of 201 runs alone and saved Australia from a big embarrassing defeat.
What to say about the bowlers of Afghanistan, they had given their life in the match. All the bowlers of Afghanistan, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Umarzai, Naveen Ul Haq took two wickets each and brought the match to an exciting turn. But they took the wicket of Glenn Maxwell. Made a big mistake by not taking wickets and lost the match. At the Wankhede Stadium, Maxwell blew away the Afghanistan team by scoring 201 runs with his stormy innings. With this, Australia confirmed its place in the semi-finals.
1. Glenn Maxwell continued playing despite injury
Glenn Maxwell was facing problem in batting due to leg strain but he remained firm on the crease and made a record partnership with Pat Cummins. In this difficult situation, he secured Australia’s place in the semi-finals by leading his team to a 3-wicket win against Afghanistan.
While chasing Afghanistan’s target of 292 runs, Maxwell (201 runs in 128 balls, 21 fours, 10 sixes) scored a double century. Maxwell is the first player in the World Cup to score a double century. Whereas Afghanistan’s path to reach the semi-finals has become a bit difficult. Australia has lost 2 matches in this World Cup. Australia has made a strong comeback in this World Cup by winning this match.
2.Maxwell is the third player to score a double century in the World Cup.
Maxwell is the third player to score a double century in the World Cup. Before this, Chris Gayle had scored 219 runs against Zimbabwe and Martin Guptill had scored 237 runs against West Indies in 2015. The partnership of 202 runs was made between Maxwell and Comis, which is a world record partnership for 7 wickets. Earlier in 2015, the partnership of 177 runs against New Zealand was between Jos Buttler and Adil Rashid.
3. Batting first, Afghanistan set the target of 291 runs.
Batting first, Afghanistan gave Australia a target of 291 runs. This was a great target against the Australian team. In this, Ibrahim Zardhan played a stormy inning of 129 runs and took the team to a great target in which Rashid Khan played a fast innings and added 35 runs for his team. The remaining batsmen Gurbaz, Shahidi, and Azimatullah added 21, 22, 26 runs for their team.
4. Mitchell Starc’s thrashing by Afghans
After winning the toss, Afghanistan took the decision to bat first and this decision proved to be very beneficial for them as they scored 291 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. In which Mitchell Starc was badly beaten by the Afghans. He proved to be the most economical bowler while Hazlewood proved to be very economical by giving 39 runs in 9 overs.
