History: Australia out of World Cup, Afghanistan enter semi-finals for the first time
In the important match of Super 8 stage of ICCT 20 World Cup 2024, Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals for the first time by defeating Bangladesh.
The Afghanistan team will now face South Africa in the T20 World Cup semi-finals.
Afghanistan set a target of 116 runs to Bangladesh for victory, but due to repeated entry of rain, the game of the second innings was limited to 19 overs and the entire Bangladesh team returned to the pavilion after scoring 105 runs. According to the method, the match was won by 8 runs.
Bangladesh's turn
Bangladesh had to achieve the target of 116 runs given by Afghanistan in 12.1 overs to qualify for the semi-finals, but the Bangladesh team was bowled out for 105 runs in 17.5 overs in a rain-affected match.
Bangladesh did not start well in chasing the target before the rain, 3 players of Bengalis returned to the pavilion for only 23 runs.
Later, the second phase of the match was thrilling despite the low target and both teams kept trying to win till the last ball.
During the pursuit of the target, the match had to be stopped several times due to rain, but luck was with the Afghan team and finally when the match had to be stopped due to rain, Bangladesh scored 8 runs for one wicket in 7 balls to win. were required but Mustafizur Rahman could not resist the Afghan bowler Naveen Haq and was out LBW.
After the entire team of Bangladesh was out, the result of the match was announced under the DLS method and the Afghan team was declared the winner by 8 runs and thus the Afghan team qualified for the semi-finals for the first time.
Chasing the target, Latin Das of Bangladesh was the top scorer with 54 runs while 4 batsmen of Bangladesh could not open their accounts and returned to the pavilion for zero.
Bangladeshi captain Najamul Hasan Shinto scored 5 runs, Soumya Sarkar 10 runs, Tawheed Hardoy 14 runs, Mehmoodullah 6 runs, Natzeem Hasan Saqib 3 runs and Tasin Ahmed 2 runs.
Afghanistan's Rashid Khan gave 4 runs for 23 runs and Naveen ul Haq gave 26 runs to lead 4 players to the pavilion while one wicket each went to Fazal Haque Farooqui and Gulbuddin Naib.
Earlier, in the important match of Group One, India defeated Australia by 24 runs and made it to the semi-finals.
Earlier, in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 stage match hosted by USA and West Indies organized by International Cricket Council (ICC), Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. There were contestants in the cricket stadium.
Afghanistan's batting
After winning the toss, the Afghan team started batting responsibly, with openers Rahmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran forming a partnership of 59 runs.
After that, Ibrahim Zadran got out for 18 runs after facing 29 balls, none of the players who came after him could support Rahmanullah Garbaz, Azmatullah Umarzai 10, Gulbuddin Naib 4, Mohammad Nabi scored only one run. found
Captain Rashid Khan remained not out with 18 runs and Karim Jannat with 8 runs. Opener Rehmanullah Garbaz scored 43 runs off 55 balls, so the Afghan team could only score 115 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahim took one wicket each.
Afghan squad
The Afghan team was led by Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Garbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbuddin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Jannat, Nangyalya Kharot, Noor Ahmed, Naveen Haq and Fazal Haq Farooqui were part of the squad.
Bangladesh squad
The Bangladesh team was captained by Najam Hussain Shanto, Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Litan Das, Toheed Hardoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmoodullah, Rashad Hussain, Tasin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rehman and Sarsoon Hassan Saqib were included in the squad.