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[Saba Sports News] The Delhi crowd, as expected, showed no mercy to Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq. Naveen, who had a verbal altercation with Virat Kohli during an IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Supergiants, played against India for the first time in the ODI World Cup on Wednesday.
Afghanistan, who won the toss and decided to bat first, posted a total of 272 runs with the loss of eight wickets. Naveen came out to bat on the second ball of the penultimate over, and the crowd went berserk, chanting ‘Kohli, Kohli’ all over the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
While chasing, India got off to a flying start as their captain Rohit Sharma played a blistering innings and scored his seventh ODI World Cup century, which is the most by any batter in the history of the tournament.
However, in a sudden turn of events, as soon as Rohit got out at a score of 131, there came a moment where Kohli and Naveen exchanged pleasantries, indicating that both players had buried the hatchet, and their relationship had turned over a new leaf.
Naveen went wicketless in the match and gave away 31 runs in his five overs, making him the best pick from the Afghanistan bowling side today in terms of economy. Kohli finished the game with an unbeaten 55-run knock, which helped India win the match by eight wickets.