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Glenn Maxwell battled through spasms to crush an unbeaten 201 off 128 balls, without any help directing Australia to a doubtful three-wicket prevail upon Afghanistan in a World Cup match today and fixing the group's spot in the elimination rounds.

Maxwell extends as Pat Cummins looks on.
Afghanistan seemed set for a popular triumph against five-time champions Australia at the floodlit Wankhede Arena, diminishing them to 91/7 in the wake of setting them a triumph focus of 292.

Yet, the Afghans then, at that point, watched in dismay as Maxwell sent off an uncommon counterattack. With commander Pat Cummins for organization, Maxwell took Australia past Afghanistan's absolute of 291/5 with 19 balls in excess.

It was essentially to adhere to our batting plan. I assume for me it was all the while attempting to be positive, actually attempting to take them on and attempting to create terrible balls or something different I could score off. — Glenn Maxwell

Absurd. Don't have the foggiest idea how to depict it. Extraordinary win! It must be the best thing that has at any point occurred. One of those days individuals will say better believe it, I was at the arena for this game. — Pat Cummins, Australia commander

The right-given batsman endured cramps in the wake of going past his fourth hundred in the 50-over design yet worked on, eliminating running between the wickets to deal with the aggravation and depending more on successes.

Altogether, Maxwell hit 21 fours and 10 sixes during his thump — a considerable lot of them on one leg and the last six raised the triumph and furthermore raised his twofold hundred years.

201 It is the most noteworthy individual score in ODIs for Australia, it is Watson's 185 to outperform Shane

202 The organization between Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins is the most elevated for the eighth wicket in ODIs

3 Maxwell is the third player to score a twofold hundred years in a World Cup

"I haven't exactly done a ton of focused energy practice in the intensity and it unquestionably snagged me today and just fortunately enough we emerged with an arrangement to remain at a similar end for a tad until I could kind of get some development back. I assume for me it was all the while attempting to be positive," said Maxwell.

Cummins stayed unbeaten on 12 from 68 balls yet more critically added 202 for the solid eighth-wicket association.

Afghanistan held various gatherings on the ground yet couldn't figure out how to remove Maxwell, who was dropped on 33 by Mujeeb Ur Rahman off Noor Ahmad's bowling.

Maxwell was likewise decreed out leg before wicket in the equivalent over against Noor however the batsman figured out how to upset the umpire's choice of claim effectively.

Afghanistan seamers Naveen-ul-Haq and Azmatullah Omarzai had hit early blows with the ball to decrease Australia to 49/4 in the wake of opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran's lady World Cup hundred-assisted Afghanistan with posting a serious aggregate.

With Steve Smith missing from the side because of an episode of dizziness, Australia didn't appear to have the batting profundity to pursue down the objective and Rashid Khan's two speedy strikes appeared to have essentially fixed the match in support of Afghanistan.

Tuesday's triumph took Australia to 12 places. They turned into the third group to arrive at the elimination rounds with India and South Africa having previously reserved their spots.

Zadran secured the Afghan innings before with an unbeaten 129 from 143 balls after the South Asian side won the throw and chose to bat. The 21-year-old Zadran's fifth hundred in the 50-over design was studded with eight fours and three sixes.