The Kangaroos fell to their knees in front of Gulbadin-Naveen, collapsed at 127 runs, Afghanistan won the match by beating Australia

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|23-06-2024

On Sunday, an exciting match was played between Australia and Afghanistan (AUS vs AFG) in the Super Eight of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The match will be played at 6 am Indian time in Kingstown. The two teams faced each other at the Ornos Vale Ground. After winning the toss, Mitchell Marsh invited Afghanistan to bat first, after which the team scored 148 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Kangaroo team was all out after scoring 127 runs in 19.2 overs, due to which the Afghan team (AUS vs AFG) won by 21 runs.

AUS vs AFG: Gurbaz-Ibrahim pair gave Afghanistan a strong start

  • After losing the toss, Afghanistan came to bat first (AUS vs AFG) The team had a strong start. The opening pair of Rehmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put up a brilliant performance with a century partnership.
  • However, apart from these two, no batsman performed well. Marcus Stoinis ended this partnership by dismissing Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
  • He scored 69 runs in 49 balls with the help of four fours and four sixes.
    Ibrahim Zadran also returned to the pavilion after scoring 51 runs. Mitchell Marsh caught his catch on the ball of Adam Zampa.

Pat Cummins took a hattrick

  • Azmatullah Umarzai and Rashid Khan could score only 2-2 runs. Karim Janat was dismissed by Pat Cummins on a personal score of 13 runs. Gulbadin Naib could not even open his account.
  • Mohammad Nabi and Nangelia Kharote remained unbeaten on 10 runs and 1 run respectively. Due to such performance, the Afghanistan team scored 10 runs on the scoreboard.
    Scored 148 runs.
  • Pat Cummins took three wickets for Australia. Adam Zampa took two wickets. Marcus Stoinis took one wicket.

AUS vs AFG: Afghanistan bowlers tore apart the Kangaroo batsmen

  • The Australian team came out to bat in the reply innings (AUS vs AFG) The condition of the team looked very bad against Afghanistan. Apart from Glenn Maxwell, all the batsmen struggled to score runs.
  • The bowlers of the Afghan team completely dominated the 2021 champion team.
    Seven batsmen could not even touch the double-digit mark.
  • While the dashing opener Travis Head failed to open the account. Mitchell Marsh scored 12 runs and Marcus Stoinis scored 11 runs. David Warner and Pat Cummins played innings of 3-3 runs.

Even Maxwell's stormy innings could not save Australia's honour

  • Matthew Wade was out after scoring five runs. Ashton Agar and Tim David scored 2-2 runs.
    While Australia's wickets continued to fall on one end, Glenn Maxwell wreaked havoc with his batting on the other end.
  • He played a stormy innings of 59 runs with the help of six fours and three sixes in 41 balls. Gulbadin gave a big success to Afghanistan by dismissing him in 14.4 overs.
  • Gulbadin Naib took the most wickets from Afghanistan, taking four wickets. Naveen-ul-Haq took three wickets. Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan took one wicket each.
  • Australia team in front of deadly bowling of Rashid Khan and company (AUS vs AFG) They could not even last for the full 20 overs and were all out for 127 runs in 19.2 overs.
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