<p>Batter Ibrahim Zadran shone as Afghanistan <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/icc-world-cup-pakistan-staring-at-elimination-as-afghanistan-pull-off-another-upset-2738700">beat Pakistan</a> in the ICC World Cup. Zadran clinched the Player of the Match (POTM) award for his impressive 87-run knock, and the player proceeded to dedicate his award to Afghans who had been deported from Pakistan. </p><p>"I am feeling very glad for myself and for my country. I want to dedicate this man of the match award to those who are sent back to Afghanistan from Pakistan", he said in the post-match presentation. </p>. <p>Apart from Zadran, Shah's 77, Gurbaz's 65 off 53, and captain Hasmatullah Shahidi's 48 off 45 propelled them to victory. </p><p>Zadran added "I wanted to go out there with a positive mind and positive intent, and I did it. We (Gurbaz and himself) have played a lot of cricket with each other, we have good communication while running between the wickets as we have been playing together since under-16 days". </p><p>Pakistan has been set on expelling Afghanis from the nation with 3,000 being expelled in a single day, as per <em>ANI</em>.</p><p>Human rights experts have also <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142477" rel="nofollow">urged Pakistan</a> to abandon their plan to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals back to their country by November 1. </p><p>Coming back to the ICC campaign, Pakistan has now lost three of their five games, with captain Babar Azam hard-pressed to find any positive takeaway from yesterday's fixture. </p><p>Afghanistan, on the other hand, beat Pakistan for the first time in ODIs but have not fared any better in their World Cup campaign either, registering two wins in five games played. </p>
<p>Batter Ibrahim Zadran shone as Afghanistan <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/icc-world-cup-pakistan-staring-at-elimination-as-afghanistan-pull-off-another-upset-2738700">beat Pakistan</a> in the ICC World Cup. Zadran clinched the Player of the Match (POTM) award for his impressive 87-run knock, and the player proceeded to dedicate his award to Afghans who had been deported from Pakistan. </p><p>"I am feeling very glad for myself and for my country. I want to dedicate this man of the match award to those who are sent back to Afghanistan from Pakistan", he said in the post-match presentation. </p>. <p>Apart from Zadran, Shah's 77, Gurbaz's 65 off 53, and captain Hasmatullah Shahidi's 48 off 45 propelled them to victory. </p><p>Zadran added "I wanted to go out there with a positive mind and positive intent, and I did it. We (Gurbaz and himself) have played a lot of cricket with each other, we have good communication while running between the wickets as we have been playing together since under-16 days". </p><p>Pakistan has been set on expelling Afghanis from the nation with 3,000 being expelled in a single day, as per <em>ANI</em>.</p><p>Human rights experts have also <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142477" rel="nofollow">urged Pakistan</a> to abandon their plan to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals back to their country by November 1. </p><p>Coming back to the ICC campaign, Pakistan has now lost three of their five games, with captain Babar Azam hard-pressed to find any positive takeaway from yesterday's fixture. </p><p>Afghanistan, on the other hand, beat Pakistan for the first time in ODIs but have not fared any better in their World Cup campaign either, registering two wins in five games played. </p>