Watch: Rahmanullah Gurbaz carved Sam Curran for three consecutive boundaries in the powerplay as Afghanistan piled on the runs early on in their World Cup fixture against England today (October 15).
Gurbaz scored his first World Cup goal in a half-century off just 33 balls in Delhi. He took advantage of the erratic bowling of Chris Woakes and Reece Topley early in the match, hitting four boundaries in his first six overs.
With England’s opening bowlers unable to stem the flow of runs, Jos Buttler relied on Sam Curran in the seventh over of the powerplay to try and break through. However, Curran conceded a four in the first ball of the first over and suffered even more damage in the second over.
On the second delivery of the 9th over, he bowled a no-ball and the ensuing single off the free-kick led Gurbaz to strike again. The opener made the most of a long ball from Curran and fired a shot over the covers to add four points.
Curran tries to straighten his line with the next ball but ends up slipping slightly to the leg side, allowing Gurbaz to hit it off his pads to the fine leg boundary for another four. Became.
Curran hit the next ball a short distance but was penalized again. Gurbaz rocked back and let the ball easily cross mid-wicket. The ball flew over the fence and into the crowd, giving Gurbaz his second and sixth.
Watch: Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit three consecutive boundaries off Sam Curran below
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