ICC ODI World Cup India-2023 || Beginning with lot of Excitements !

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The biggest tournament in the cricket world ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 is going on. Ten teams participated in the main stage of this tournament held in India. The first six matches of the World Cup have already been held. In the first match, the current champion England was defeated by a huge margin of 9 wickets against New Zealand. No one could have imagined that New Zealand would win so easily against England. David Conway and Ravindra's outstanding batting performance gave New Zealand a win. Maybe they took the revenge of the last World Cup final.

In the second match of the World Cup, Pakistan faced the Netherlands, who had made it to the main stage from the qualification round. Pakistan came to bat first but the team's batting didn't start well. Pakistan got a good collection thanks to the amazing partnership of Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel. While chasing the target set by Pakistan, the Netherlands made a great start. However, the team failed to continue their performance. As a result, the team was all out for 205 runs in 41 overs. Pakistan team started their World Cup journey with victory by 81 runs.

In the third match of the World Cup, two Asian teams Bangladesh and Afghanistan faced each other. These two teams have turned into each other's rivals. Nowadays much excitement can be seen in Bangladesh and Afghanistan matches as India and Pakistan matches. In terms of team quality and strength, the position of the two teams is almost equal. With that in mind, the fans expected a great contest in this match. But in the end, the Bangladesh team dominated the field. Bangladeshi players were excellent in all three formats, batting, bowling, and fielding.

In the match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Afghanistan scored only 156 runs by batting first. The team started the innings brilliantly but lost eight valuable wickets for just 56 runs. As a result, a relatively simple target is set in front of Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi team won by six wickets with a great performance by the young players of Bangladesh, Mehadi Hasan Miraz and Nazmul Hasan Shanto.

After the Bangladesh and Afghanistan match, South Africa and Sri Lanka met in the fourth match of the World Cup. Several records were set in the match between Sri Lanka and South Africa. South Africa recorded the highest number of runs in World Cup history by three batsmen centuries. In reply to the 425 plus runs given by South Africa, Sri Lanka did not win but they too were all out by 300+ runs. As a result, the record for the highest number of runs in one match was created in two innings. Cricket fans are surprised by the performance of South Africa against Sri Lanka.

In the fifth match of the World Cup, two of the most favorite teams of the World Cup, the hosts India and Australia faced each other. India won this match by 6 wickets. However, their road to victory in this match was not easy at all. India lost the first three wickets by just 2 runs despite keeping Australia short at the start. As a result, India felt under huge pressure from the beginning. But thanks to Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, who took the team to the port of victory by handling the mountain pressure.

After a great win in the first match, New Zealand also got a good win in their second match. They beat the Netherlands by 90+ runs. As a result of two wins in two matches, New Zealand is at the top of the points table with 4 points. England also won against Bangladesh today with a margin of 130+ runs.