AFG vs PNG : On June 13, a match was played between Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea (AFG vs PNG) in Group C in the World Cup 2024. Afghanistan won this match by 7 wickets to secure their place in the Super 8 and also topped the table by defeating West Indies.

In the match, the batsmen of Papua New Guinea disappointed initially. Later, the bowlers also could not impress much. Whereas the Afghan team won the match with the help of SRH bowlers with 29 balls remaining. The match was quite exciting, let's take a look at the report…..

AFG vs PNG: Poor batting by Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea, participating in the World Cup for the first time, batted first and scored 95/10 runs in 19.5 overs. None of the top order batsmen from the team played a big innings.
• Opening the innings, Tony Ura scored 11 runs from 18 balls while his supporting batsman, Captain Assad Wala also scored 3 runs from 2 balls.
• After this, two batsmen of Papua could not open their account. Lega Siaka and Sese Bau returned to the pavilion without opening their account. Wicketkeeper batsman Kiplin Doriga scored the highest runs from the team. He played an innings of 27 runs in 32 balls.

AFG vs PNG: Afghanistan chased the target easily

• Afghanistan's openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran did not give the team a good start while chasing the target. Gurbaz scored 11 runs in 7 balls, while Zadran returned to the pavilion without opening his account in 7 balls.
• Gulbadin Naib took charge at number 3. He played an unbeaten innings of 49 runs in 36 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.
• Apart from this, Azmatullah Umarzai played an innings of 13 runs in 18 balls. At the end, Mohammad Nabi scored 16 runs in 23 balls and helped Afghanistan achieve the target of 101/3 in 15.1 overs.

Fazalhaq Farooqui shines in bowling

• Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui bowled brilliantly for Afghanistan. He took 3 wickets for 16 runs in his 4 overs.
• Before the World Cup 2024, he was part of the SRH team in IPL 2024 played in India.
• After this, Naveen Ul Haq also bowled economically and took 2 wickets by giving away 4 runs in 2.5 overs. On the other hand, Eli Nao took 1 wicket for Papua New Guinea, while Semo Kamia and Norman Vanua took 1 wicket each.