Afghanistan made the biggest upset in the T20 World Cup so far, defeated Australia by 21 runs
AFG vs AUS Match Highlights: A thrilling match was played between Australia and Afghanistan today in the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup 2024. In this match, Afghanistan batted first and put 148 runs on the scoreboard. At the same time, the Australian team collapsed for 127 runs in 19.2 overs and Afghanistan registered a thrilling win by 21 runs.
Australia and Afghanistan played a fascinating match today in the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St. Vincent. In this match, Australia's captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to bowl first. Afghanistan batted first and scored 148 runs. In response, Australia was all out for 127 runs in 19.2 overs, while Afghanistan won by a thrilling 21 runs. Pat Cummins, an Australian fast bowler, took a hat-trick for the second time in the Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, Afghanistan's Gulbadin Naib claimed four wickets.
Talking about the match, Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 148 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. For Bangladesh, there was a partnership of 118 for the first wicket between Gurbaz and Zadran. Gurbaz scored 60 runs off 49 balls while Ibrahim Zadran scored 51 runs off 48 balls. Apart from these, no other batsman could reach the figure of 20. For Australia, Pat Cummins took a hat-trick while Adam Zampa took two wickets.
Australia had a very bad start chasing the target of 149 runs. They lost their first wicket at zero in the form of Travis Head (0). Then Mitchell Marsh (12) also became the second victim of Naveen Ul Haq at the score of 16. Nabi gave the third blow to the Kangaroo team in the form of David Warner (3) with a score of 32. After this, Australia's fourth wicket fell at the score of 71 in the form of Marcus Stoinis. He became the victim of Gulbadin after scoring 11 runs. Then Tim David was out LBW on Gulbadin's ball after scoring just 2 runs.
Australia got the sixth biggest blow at the score of 106 when Glenn Maxwell was caught by Noor on Gulbadin's ball after scoring 59 runs. After this Matthew Wade got out after scoring five runs. The 8th blow to the Kangaroos came in the form of Pat Cummins at the score of 111 who became the fourth victim of Gulbadin after scoring three runs. After this Australia's 9th wicket fell at the score of 113, when Ashton Agar became the third victim of Naveen Ul Haq after scoring just two runs Australia's last wicket fell at the score of 127 and Afghanistan registered a thrilling victory by 21 runs.
