Afghanistan created history by securing their first-ever victory against Australia in international cricket. Rashid Khan’s squad triumphed over the Aussies by 21 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 clash at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent. Despite losing 4 ODIs and a T20I prior to this match, the Afghans were determined to emerge victorious this time. Aus vs afg match highlights Afghanistan was asked to bat first and they reached a respectable total of 148 for 6. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored 118 runs together for the first wicket in just 15.5 overs. This was their third century partnership in the tournament. They had achieved the same against Uganda and New Zealand. Gurbaz, who is the top run-scorer of the tournament, made 60 runs off 49 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes.Ibrahim scored 51 runs off 48 balls with 6 fours. Marcus Stoinis broke the partnership by dismissing Gurbaz, who was a threat to Australia. After that, Afghanistan lost wickets quickly and couldn’t accelerate in the final overs.Pat Cummins took the crucial wickets of Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, and Gulbadin Naib, ending with figures of 4-0-28-3. He also made history by becoming the first bowler to achieve multiple hat-tricks in T20 World Cups. On the other hand, Adam Zampa maintained his good form with figures of 4-0-28-0. Naveen-ul-Haq made a great start by removing Travis Head for a duck, and Mohammad Nabi dismissed David Warner. Naveen also got the wicket of Mitchell Marsh.Naveen finished with figures of 4-0-20-3. However, it was Gulbadin Naib who turned the game around with his 4 wickets, especially the dismissal of Glenn Maxwell, who posed a threat with his 59 runs off 41 balls.
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