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A big upset was seen in the T20 World Cup today. Afghanistan created history by defeating Australia by 21 runs. Afghanistan has defeated a strong team like Australia for the first time in a big tournament like the World Cup.
In this match, Afghanistan had given the Kangaroos a target of 149 runs to win, which was initially considered quite easy for Australia but who knew that the Kangaroos would succumb to Afghanistan's dangerous bowling. The Kangaroo team could not even play the full 20 overs against the Afghan bowlers.
This was the turning point of Australia's defeat
In this match, Glenn Maxwell batted brilliantly for Australia. Fans felt that Maxwell could once again repeat the history of ODI World Cup 2023 but Noor Ahmed took a brilliant catch of Maxwell on Gulbadin's ball. Due to which Maxwell was out after scoring 59 runs. From here the direction of the match changed. Maxwell's catch was considered a big turning point of the match. If Maxwell had stayed at the crease till the end, the result of the match could have gone in favor of Australia.
Heroes of Afghanistan's victory
Gulbadin, Naveen-ul-Haq, Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran played an important role in Afghanistan's victory. Batting first, Gurbaz and Ibrahim scored half-centuries to take the team to 148 runs. Gurbaz scored 60 runs and Ibrahim scored 51 runs. After this, Gulbadin and Naveen-ul-Haq stopped the Australian batsmen. In this match, Gulbadin took 4 wickets and Navi took 3 wickets.