England national cricket team led by Jos Buttler were completely outplayed by the Afghanistan cricket team in the group stage fixture of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After winning the toss and opting to bowl first, the England bowlers lost the plot and ended up conceding too many runs.

England cricket team (Jos Buttler (left), Moeen Ali (centre) and Jos Buttler (right))On the other hand, Afghanistan capitalized on the chances to better effect and posted 284 runs on the board. The cricket fraternity expected England to make a comeback through their batters but that wasn't meant to be the case as England were bowled out for 215 as they lost the game by 69 runs.

With this loss, England have lost two games out of the three games they played so far in the competition. Meanwhile, the England cricket team registered an unwanted record after their shocking defeat against Afghanistan. England became the first team in history to lose to all Test-playing nations.

England who won the maiden ODI World Cup in 2019 lost to India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup history. 

After the game, England captain Jos Buttler said he was disappointed to win the toss and concede many runs. "Disappointing to win the toss and concede that many, me missing that first ball down the leg side set the tone. Credit to Afghanistan, they outplayed us today. It came down to execution, we weren’t quite at the level we’d like to be with both bat and ball."

He further added, "They have some fantastic bowlers, the dew didn’t come in as much as we expected, the ball held up a bit too. They bowled dead straight and kept the stumps in play, we just weren’t quite good enough. You got to let these defeats hurt, there’s no point in getting over things too quickly, we need to reflect. There’s a lot of character in this group, we need to show a lot of resilience and come back stronger. We need to have guys being able to perform under pressure and that’s what all of us will be working hard towards."