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Their chances of qualifying for the semifinals will also grow if both New Zealand and Pakistan lose their next matches. 

In the battle between two giant-killers of this showpiece, Afghanistan rode on their spinners and brilliant fielding to restrict the Dutch to 179 all out and then chased down the target in 31.3 overs.

Some former Indian cricketers have provided coaching to the national team. India has also provided Afghanistan players Indian stadiums and facilities to train and play their home matches.

In 2023, tensions escalated between both players during a match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. After the completion of the game, Virat and Naveen Ul-Haq were seen engaging in a heated exchange which garnered significant attention.

Batting in his 53rd World Cup innings, Kohli crossed Tendulkar’s haul of 2278 runs with an aggregate average of more than 60. 

The firework-filled innings saw records galore by Rohit Sharma, who became the joint-fastest to 1000 runs in a World Cup (tied with David Warner at 19 innings each), surpassing Chris Gayle's record of most sixes (553), most centuries in a 50-over World Cup (7) and the fastest century by an Indian at the World Cup (63 balls) -- in that order -- during the course of his 31st ODI century.

Afghan skipper Hasmatullah Shahidi (80) and Azmatullah Omarzai (62) took visitors to a par-total with a crucial 100-plus stand.

Two days after back to back earthquakes claimed nearly 4000 lives in Afghanistan, country's North western region was struck by another powerful earthquake of magnitude of 6.3, reported the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).

While Afghanistan remain unchanged, India made one change in their line-up with Shardul Thakur coming in place of Ravichandran Ashwin.

Amidst this confusing backdrop, the Indian team sans an ill Shubman Gill, is in the city with an eye on adding another win to its kitty when they face Afghanistan in its second game of the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup at a new-look Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday, which is again expected to be a sea of blue.

The earthquake struck about 40 km north-west of the city of Herat at around 11 a.m. on October 7.

The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to 2060, while almost 9000 have been injured. It is one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed many people in western Afghanistan on Saturday.

At least 120 people were killed and around 1,000 others sustained injuries as earthquakes rocked Afghanistan's Herat and other western provinces.The tremor occurred at around 11:10 local time, forcing people to come out of their houses.

The tremor took place at around 11.10 local time a.m., forcing people to flee from their houses, Xinhua news agency quoted the locals as saying.

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