Afghanistan beat Netherlands by 7 wickets in Lucknow

TIL Desk Sports/ Afghanistan continued their late surge for a place in the World Cup semi-finals with a comfortable seven-wicket win over the Netherlands in Lucknow.

The victory moves Afghanistan level with Australia and New Zealand on eight points, with only net run-rate now keeping them out of the top four.

Hashmatullah Shahidi hit an unbeaten 56 as Afghanistan passed their target of 180 with 18.3 overs to spare.

Netherlands were earlier dismissed for 179 inside 47 overs.

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