AFG vs BAN: Afghanistan has created history by defeating Bangladesh. Actually, Afghanistan led by Rashid Khan has defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs. With this victory, Afghanistan has reached the semi-finals. At the same time, Australia’s dream of playing in the semi-finals has been shattered. In this way, apart from India, Afghanistan, England, and South Africa made their place in the semi-finals.
The Afghanistan team has been playing the T20 World Cup since 2010, it has now made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the first time in 2024. Which is currently its best performance in this format
Liton Das kept struggling till the end
Actually, rain kept interfering repeatedly in this match. After this, under the Duckworth Lewis rule, Bangladesh got a target of 114 runs in 19 overs. But the Bangladesh team was all out for 105 runs in 17.5 overs. Opener Liton Das stood till the end for Bangladesh but failed to win. Liton Das scored an unbeaten 54 off 49 balls. He hit 5 fours and 1 six in his innings. But other batsmen did not support him. 9 Bangladesh batsmen could not cross the double-digit mark.
Rashid Khan and Naveen Ul Haq spread their magic
Captain Rashid Khan and Naveen Ul Haq took the maximum 4-4 wickets for Afghanistan. Apart from this, Fazalhaq Farooqui and Gulbadin Naib got 1-1 success.
Earlier, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat. Batting first, Afghanistan got off to a good start. Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran added 59 runs. But after this the Afghan batsmen kept returning to the pavilion at regular intervals.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz played an innings of 43 runs off 55 balls. He hit 3 fours and 1 six in his innings. Ibrahim Zadran contributed 18 runs in 29 balls. However, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan ended the innings in a brilliant manner by scoring 19 runs in 10 balls in the last overs. In this way, the Afghan team scored 115 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.
AFG vs BAN: This is how Bangladesh and Australia’s hopes ended
Bangladesh had to achieve the target of 116 runs in 12.1 overs to reach the semi-finals. In such a situation, hopes are over for them. At the same time, winning this match was enough for Afghanistan. At the same time, Australia’s team has also been eliminated from the World Cup due to Afghanistan’s victory in this match.
Rishad Hussain bowled brilliantly
AFG vs BAN: For Afghanistan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 43 runs in 55 balls, which included three fours and a six. Ibrahim Zadran scored 18 runs with the help of 1 four in 29 balls. Captain Rashid Khan scored unbeaten 19 runs with the help of 3 sixes in 10 balls. Rishad Hussain took the maximum of three wickets for Bangladesh. Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed got one wicket each.