Join us on Monday...published at 18:15 British Summer Time 15 October 2023
"They are not at the must-win stage yet but, with difficult matches against hosts India, Pakistan, Australia and South Africa to come, England's backs are well and truly up against the wall," is the verdict of my colleague Matthew Henry from Delhi.
You can read the unabridged version of his match report here...
Scroll down for a brief recap of what happened on a monumental day for Afghanistan including all the post-match reaction including England captain Jos Buttler, and Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott.
The Test Match Special team are busy recording a podcast which will pick the bones out of this defeat and analyse where England go from here.
That will be available to listen online or download here in a short while...
The tournament continues on Monday as winless Australia face Sri Lanka in Lucknow and we will have live text commentary of that on the BBC Sport website, and ball-by-ball coverage on Test Match Special from 09:15 BST.
England will have a much closer eye on the result of games elsewhere now you would imagine.