Afghanistan has confirmed its ticket to the Super-8 by defeating Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets in a Group C match. With this, the news of New Zealand's exit from the T20 World Cup 2024 has also become official. The two teams that have reached the Super 8 from Group C are Afghanistan and West Indies. Both have played and won 3-3 matches. Now both have their last group match against each other, which will be played on June 18. The result of this match will decide which team will be on top in Group C. Currently, both Afghanistan and West Indies have 6-6 points. But due to better run rate, Afghanistan is ahead of host West Indies.

Talking about the match against Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan became the boss of the match along with the toss. After winning the toss, they sent Papua New Guinea to bat first. But, the entire team could not even score 100 runs. Papua New Guinea's innings ended at 95 runs in 19.5 overs. This is the third time in the 3 matches of T20 World Cup 2024, when the opposing team was restricted to less than 100 runs against Afghanistan. Earlier, Uganda had scored 58 and New Zealand had not scored more than 75 runs.