India jumped to second place on the World Cup 2023 points table on Wednesday after beating Afghanistan in match nine of the mega tournament.
As the Blues won the match with 15 overs to spare, they massively upgraded their net run rate (NRR).
Here is how the points table looks after India's second win in the tournament:
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma played an impressive knock of 131 runs off just 84 deliveries, which included 16 fours and five sixes.
The dominating start — as they were 94-0 in 10 overs — gave the Indian openers much room to play as Sharma's partner, Ishan Kishan, scored 47 runs but couldn't complete his half-century as fell prey to Rashid Khan's googly.
However, Sharma continued with his charge against the Afghani bowlers courtesy of support from Virat Kohli on the other hand but he lost his wicket to Rashid after posting 131 runs.
Batting first, batting first, Afghanistan set a 273-run target for India courtesy of a 121-run partnership between their skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai with the former contributing 80 runs, and the latter 62.
It must be noted that a total of 10 teams are fighting for the elusive title across 10 venues from October 5 to November 19.
The Cricket World Cup is being played in the round-robin format with all teams playing against each other for a total of 45 league matches.
The top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals, which will be held in Mumbai on November 15 and in Kolkata on November 16. The semi-finals and the final will have reserve days.
The winners of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will earn US$4 million. The runners-up will receive US$2 million, while the losing semi-finalists will earn $800,000 each from the total prize pot of US$10 million.
The winners of each match in the group stage will receive US$40,000 and the six teams that do not qualify for the semi-finals will receive a payment of US$100,000.
