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T20 World Cup 2024: The Afghanistan team has made a big upset in the T20 World Cup 2024. Everyone is stunned by defeating a strong team like New Zealand. In the match played at Providence Stadium in Guyana on June 8, Afghanistan achieved a spectacular and spectacular victory over New Zealand. Defeated New Zealand by 84 runs.

This is Afghanistan's first win over New Zealand in the history of T20 cricket. Afghanistan defeated New Zealand for the first time in 5 international matches. If we look at New Zealand's performance in T20 World Cup matches, this is also the biggest defeat. After winning the toss in this match, New Zealand's team decided to bowl first. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 159/6 in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, New Zealand's team was all out for just 75 runs.

The hero of Afghanistan's victory in this match was Rahmanullah Gurbaz. He scored a brilliant 80 runs in 56 balls. He was also awarded the Player of the Match award. While Ibrahim Zadran also scored 44 runs. The bowling of the Afghanistan team was also excellent. Fazalhaq Farooqi and captain Rashid Khan performed well and took 4 wickets each. Farooqi is the first Afghan bowler to take 4+ wickets in consecutive T20 Cup matches.

Lowest score by a Full Member country in T20 World Cup

55- England vs West Indies, Dubai, 2021
60- New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Chittagong, 2014
70- Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Kolkata, 2016
72- Bangladesh vs Australia, Dubai, 2021
75- New Zealand v Afghanistan, Providence 2024

Biggest margin (runs) for Afghanistan in T20 World Cup.

130 vs Scotland, Sharjah, 2021
125, vs. Uganda, Providence, 2024
84 vs New Zealand, Providence, 2024
62 vs Namibia, Abu Dhabi, 2021