India and Afghanistan are locking horns with each other in the second match of their ODI World Cup 2023 campaign. Both teams are playing this match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The match is also interesting for the Indian fans due to an undeclared rivalry between star Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq and former Indian skipper Virat Kohli.
Meanwhile, Indian fans being Indian fans during the match, started chanting ‘Kohli, Kohli’ at the time when Naveen-ul-Haq was batting there in the middle against India. The video of this hilarious incident is also making rounds on social media as soon as it was shared by a user on X (Formerly Twitter.
Here’s the video:
Whole crowd chanting "Kohli, Kohli, Kohli" when Naveen was batting. pic.twitter.com/mI4HKok842
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 11, 2023
Speaking of the ongoing action of the match between India and Afghanistan, the hosts are currently chasing the target of 273 runs and have scored 87 runs for no loss, having skipper Rohit Sharma there in the middle, alongside his opening mate, Ishan Kishan. Rohit Sharma has scored a blistering 71 runs off just 38 balls, with 8 fours and 4 sixes with the willow.
On the other hand, Ishan is on the score of 10 runs, with two fours. Earlier, Afghanistan posted a total of 272 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi played a brilliant knock of 80 runs, alongside a 62-run knock played by middle-order batter Azmatullah Omarzai.
Star Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah scalped four wickets at the cost of just 39 runs in his entire quota of 10 overs, alongside two wickets picked by birthday body, Hardik Pandya. other than these two, Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav also claimed one wicket each.
Following this match against Afghanistan, Rohit Sharma’s India will lock horns with their arch-rivals, Pakistan in the big clash of the ODI World Cup 2023. Both teams will play this match at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday, October 14.