Australia vs Afghanistan: The T20 World Cup is currently being played jointly on the soil of America and West Indies. After the completion of the previous league round, the Super-8 round matches have now started. Since runs were not scored on the pitches of America, it was in the name of the bowlers. However, now all the matches are to be played in the West Indies. Runs are being scored on these pitches. There has been a big upset on Saturday. In the Super-8 round of the World Cup, the Afghanistan team has upset the world champion Australia by 21 runs. Let us tell you that the match between India and Australia is to be held tomorrow. If India defeats Australia tomorrow and if Afghanistan defeats Bangladesh on Tuesday, then the Australian team will be out of the World Cup. Everyone's eyes will be on the match between India and Australia.
The 48th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Australia and Afghanistan. In this match, Rashid Khan's team made a big upset and avenged their defeat in the ODI World Cup 2023 by defeating Australia. With Afghanistan's victory, the future of the semi-finals is now in doubt. The 48th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Australia and Afghanistan. In this match, Rashid Khan's team made a big upset and avenged their defeat in the ODI World Cup 2023 by defeating Australia. With Afghanistan's victory, the future of the semi-finals is also in limbo. Gulbuddin Naib single-handedly turned the match which was once in the balance for Australia. The bowler started sending Australia's explosive batsmen back to the pavilion one after the other. Naib played the biggest role in defeating Australia by taking 4 wickets.
Australia is full of heroes
Chasing Afghanistan's target of 149 runs, victory seemed easy for Australia, but Australia won the match completely in front of the sharp bowling of Gulbuddin Naib (4 wickets for 20 runs) and Naveen Ul Haq (3 wickets for 20 runs). He was out for 127 runs without playing a single over. At one time Maxwell was standing at the crease and Australia seemed to be winning, but Naib got a big wicket by dismissing him. Maxwell was out after scoring 59 runs. The rest of Australia's batsmen flopped. Travis Head became Naveen's victim without opening the account. Warner could score only 3 runs. Captain Marsh returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs. Tim David (2 runs) and Marcus Stoinis (11 runs) also got out cheaply.
Cummins' hat-trick did not work –
Batting first, Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored half-centuries and laid a strong foundation for the team by making a big partnership of 118 runs. But Stoinis broke this partnership by dismissing Gurbaz (60 runs). After this, Zadran (51 runs) was also out early. Pat Cummins repeated the feat of the last match and took his second hat-trick of the tournament. He stopped Afghanistan from reaching a big score by taking wickets on the last ball of the 18th over and the first two balls of the 20th over. However, Cummins' hat-trick was of no use.