AFG vs BAN, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan team has stormed into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024. By defeating Bangladesh by 9 runs, they have achieved a historic performance in their name. Afghanistan’s resounding victory has knocked Australia out of the tournament. Afghanistan once again showcased their penetrating bowling. Naveen Ul Haq took two consecutive wickets in the 18th over and made Bangladesh all out. Afghanistan scored 115 for 5 when batting first. Bangladesh team could not even score 116 runs in 20 overs. Incessant rain disrupted the match and eventually reduced the match to an over. After 11.4 overs, Afghanistan were ahead according to DLS. The overs were then shortened and the target set at 114 runs. But even after this, Afghanistan won against Bangladesh on the strength of the team’s penetrating bowling.
From the beginning of the match, the rain started to hide, while the wind also interfered with the match. Bangladesh had a big chance to reach the semi-finals after completing the 116 runs given by Afghanistan in 12.1 overs. But Afghanistan was in the field fighting hard. Rashid Khan stopped Bangladesh by taking 4 wickets. Afghanistan put pressure on Bangladesh by bowling well and taking quick wickets in the last overs. Both the teams were fighting for the victory. Bangladesh needed 16 runs off 18 balls. Gulbadin conceded just 4 runs in the 17th over. In the 18th over, Navin-ul-Haq clean bowled Taskeen on the third ball and Mustafizur on the fourth ball to give Afghanistan a historic victory.
Afghanistan had to complete the target of just 116 runs in 120 balls. But Bangladesh team could score only 105 runs. The batsmen could not stay in the field for long against the penetrating bowling of Afghanistan. Liton Das alone from Bangladesh scored 54 runs off 49 balls with 1 six and 5 fours, while Soumya Sarkar scored 10 and Hearty 14 but all the other batsmen returned to single figures. Naveen Ul Haq and Rashid Khan have taken 4 wickets each for Afghanistan. While Gulbadin and Fazal Haq took 1 wicket each.
Batting first, Afghanistan’s batting side collapsed badly. Apart from opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, no batsman has been able to put up a big score. Gurbaz scored 43 runs in 55 overs with 1 six and 3 fours. Ibrahim Zadran contributed 18 runs off 29 balls. Azmatullah scored 10 runs, Gulbadin scored 4 runs, Nabi scored 1 run and Karim was dismissed after scoring 7 runs. After this, Rashid Khan scored 19 runs. With this, Afghanistan scored 115 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Afghanistan have a big task to save runs by not scoring more runs. Rashid Hussain took the most 3 wickets from Bangladesh. So taskin. Mustafizur took 1-1 wicket.
