AUS vs AFG / Big upset in Super-8 match- Afghanistan defeated Australia

AUS vs AFG: Afghanistan has made the biggest upset by defeating Australia in the T20 World Cup. In the Super-8 match being played in Kensington, Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs. Australia had decided to bowl first and stopped the Afghanistan team at 148 runs. But captain Mitchell Marsh's team could not chase even this small target and could only score 127 runs. Naveen Ul Haq and Gulbadin Naib became the heroes of this victory. Gulbadin took 4 wickets in 4 overs and gave 20 runs. Naveen dismissed 3 Australian batsmen in his 4 overs.

Afghanistan defeated Australia for the first time in any format of cricket. With this defeat of Australia, India will now have to defeat Australia to reach the semi-finals.

Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs

The Afghanistan team has created history. This team led by Rashid Khan has defeated Australia for the first time in its international cricket history. In the ODI World Cup 2023 held last year, he reached the threshold of victory, but Maxwell snatched the victory from him. However, this time Afghanistan did not make any such mistake and defeated Australia by 21 runs at the Kingstown ground. Four matches have been played between the two teams in ODIs and two in T20s. Afghanistan's team has never won against Australia in ODIs, but in the second match in T20, Afghanistan defeated Australia and created history. Batting first after losing the toss, Afghanistan scored 148 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 60 runs and Ibrahim Zadran scored 51 runs. In reply, the Australian team was all out for 127 runs in 19.2 overs. Gulbadin Naib took four wickets.

At one point in this match, Australia had lost three wickets for 32 runs. Then Glenn Maxwell shared a 39-run partnership with Marcus Stoinis. Naib broke this partnership by getting Stoinis out. From here the match turned. When Maxwell scored the 11th half-century of his T20 international career, it reminded us of the 2023 ODI World Cup, when Maxwell played an incredible innings and gave Australia a win over Afghanistan. It seemed that this would happen again, but Gulbadin dashed Australia's hopes by dismissing Maxwell.

Apart from Maxwell, no player could even touch the figure of 15. Travis Head (0), David Warner (3), captain Mitchell Marsh (12), Marcus Stoinis (11), Tim David (2), Matthew Wade (5), Pat Cummins (3), Ashton Agar (2) and Adam Zampa (9) could not do anything special.

Afghanistan scored 148 runs

Afghanistan has set a target of 149 runs in front of Australia. Batting first after losing the toss, Afghanistan scored 148 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. At one point, the Afghanistan team had scored 118 runs without losing a wicket. However, after this, the team lost six wickets in scoring 30 runs. Pat Cummins has created history. He has taken a hat-trick in his second consecutive match. Earlier, Cummins had taken a hat-trick in the Australia vs Bangladesh match. Now he took three consecutive wickets against Afghanistan. Cummins dismissed Rashid Khan on the last ball of the 18th over of the innings. After this, he dismissed Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib on the first two balls of the 20th over. He became the first player to take two hat-tricks in the T20 World Cup. He is also the first player to take two hat-tricks in T20 International for Australia.

Afghanistan's innings

Afghanistan had a great start. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared a 118-run partnership in 95 balls for the first wicket. Stoinis broke this partnership by dismissing Gurbaz. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 60 runs in 49 balls with the help of four fours and four sixes. After this, Zampa dismissed Azmatullah Omarzai and Ibrahim Zadran in the 17th over. Zadran scored 51 runs in 48 balls with the help of six fours. Omarzai scored two runs. Karim Janat scored 13 runs and captain Rashid Khan scored two runs. Mohammad Nabi remained unbeaten after scoring 10 runs.