Australia vs Afghanistan Highlights: Maxwell hits double century to help AUS win by 3 wickets

Australia pulled one greatest heists in international cricket as they defeated Afghanistan by 3 wickets. 

Glenn Maxwell bring up his 150 against Afghanistan

Mitchell Starc walks back to the pavilion but the replay shows the ball doesn't touch his bat while going to th wicket keeper

A direct throw from Rahmat Shah hits the wicket as Marnus Labuschagne fails to get to the crease in time.

Azmatullah Omarzai picks up another as Josh Inglis has to go back

Azmatullah Omarzai strikes as David Warner returns to the pavilion

Mitchell Marsh departs as Naveen-ul-Haq has his second

The Australian cricket team has lost its first wicket as Travis Head has to walk back. Australia are 4/1. 

Afghanistan finish their first innings at a score of 291/5 as Ibrahim Zadran top scored with 129* runs. 

The Afghanistan cricket team is four down for a score of 210 runs and Azmatullah Omarzai has to walk back for a score of 22 runs. 

The Afghanistan cricket team is three down for a score of 173 runs and Hashmatullah Shahid walks back after scoring 26 runs. 

The Afghanistan cricket team has lost its second wicket and it is Rahmat Shah who has to walk back for a score of 30 runs. Afghanistan are 121/2 after the end of 24.4 overs. 

Ibrahim Zadran brings up his team's fifty with a boundary off Glenn Maxwell. Zadran has moved along to 30 and Rahmat Shah is batting on 3.

AFG are 55/1 in 11 overs vs AUS

Ibrahim Zadran gets the first four of the match, in the third over of the innings off Mitchell Starc to move along to 7. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is batting on 6.

AFG are 13/0 in 3 overs vs AUS

Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Starc will open the attack

Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi has won the toss and opted to bat first. 

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil(w), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq

Australia opener David Warner is 45 runs away from 18,000 across all forms of international cricket as an opener. Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and West Indian Chris Gayle are the only others have to scored 18,000 runs as openers in international cricket. 

ICC Global Ambassador Sachin Tendulkar met the Afghanistan team ahead of their upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 clash against Australia on Monday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.  

Australia have faced Afghanistan three times in ODI cricket and have won all the three matches till date. Can Afghanistan turn the tables on Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match in Mumbai on Tuesday and post their first-ever ODI win over the Aussies?

Former Australia captain Steve Smith left the training session midway on the eve of their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as he is suffering from vertigo over the last few days. If Steve Smith is unavailable for the match, Marnus Labuschagne will take his place as Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell are returning to the side

A look at Afghanistan's World Cup squad

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen-ul-Haq, Abdul Rahman, Riaz Hassan.

Before the match begins, Here's a look at the Australian squad for the World Cup

Travis Head, David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey.