India were given a mighty scare by a valiant Afghanistan team but Virat Kohli’s team managed to come out on top by 11 runs to keep their unbeaten record in World Cup 2019 intact. Mohammed Shami took a hat-trick in the final over to break Afghan hearts and get India across the line in a thrilling World Cup 2019 league stage match at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. India’s 50th win in World Cup cricket didn’t come as easy as many expected. Afghanistan were expected to roll over and be a footnote to India’s march to the semis, but they did anything but that. Afghan spinners did brilliantly to restrict India’s famed batting line-up to 224 for eight. They backed it up with a dogged batting display with Mohammad Nabi’s fighting half-century keeping Afghanistan in the chase right till the end. But it wasn’t to be a fairytale ending for the Afghans as Jasprit Bumrah delivered a breathtaking 49th over, which was followed up by Shami’s hat-trick — the second by an Indian in World Cup after Chetan Sharma in 1987. Afghanistan, appearing at only their second World Cup, lost the toss but restricted India to 224 for…