'Bad day for English cricket': Tendulkar pinpoints exact reason behind ENG's downfall vs Afghanistan

Sunday turned out to be one of the typical days in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, which always seems unlikely yet every World Cup in history has experienced such an episode. Moreover, England have been on the receiving end of it before. After Bangladesh and Ireland, it is the team of Afghanistan which has registered a win over England in the Cricket World Cup.

3 things you need to know

• Afghanistan beat England by 69 runs
• Afghanistan registered their second win in the history of CWC
• It is England's second loss in ICC ODI World Cup 2023

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ENG vs AFG: Afghanistan inflict embarrassing loss to England

Afghanistan secured a comprehensive win over England in match number 13 of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. The defending champions England had a wobbly start losing to New Zealand by 9 wickets, however, they quickly channeled their dominant side against Bangladesh in the second match, but the third match proved to be a disaster.

Considering how the pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium has fared so far, the target of 286 was seen as well within the reach of England, but on the day it was a fiasco from the batting department. The Three Lions kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and as a result, remained short of the target by 69 runs.

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Sachin Tendulkar highlights reason behind England's loss

After the culmination of the match, social media went abuzz with posts discussing the match. Among the many messages, one that has got major traction has come from the handle of India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar. The Master Blaster congratulated the Afghanistan team for its victory over England and highlighted the English batters' inability to read Afghanistan's spinners as the reason behind the loss of England.

"Wonderful all-round effort by Afghanistan led by a solid knock from Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Bad day for England cricket. Against quality spinners, you have to read them from their hand, which the England batters failed to do. They read them off the pitch instead, which I felt led to their downfall. Loved the energy they carried on the field.  Well played Afghanistan!" Tendulkar wrote on X.