Afghanistan has created history by defeating Bangladesh. Afghanistan, captained by Rashid Khan, has defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs. With this victory, Afghanistan has reached the semi-finals. With this, Australia's dream of playing the semi-finals has been shattered. In this way, apart from India, Afghanistan, England and South Africa have made it to the semi-finals.
Now in the semi-finals, India will face England. Along with this, Afghanistan will face Africa. Rain kept interfering in this match. After this, Bangladesh got a target of 114 runs in 19 overs under the Duckworth Lewis rule, but the Bangladesh team was all out for 105 runs in 17.5 overs. For Bangladesh, opener Liton Das stayed till the end but failed to bring victory. Liton Das scored an unbeaten 54 runs off 49 balls. He hit 5 fours and 1 six in his innings. But the other batsmen did not support him. 9 Bangladesh batsmen could not even cross the double-digit mark. Captain Rashid Khan and Naveen Ul Haq took the maximum 4-4 wickets for Afghanistan. Apart from this, Fazalhaq Farooqui and Gulbadin Naib got 1-1 success.
Earlier, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat. Afghanistan, who came to bat first, had a good start. Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran added 59 runs. But after this, Afghanistan batsmen kept going to the pavilion at regular intervals. Rahmanullah Gurbaz played an innings of 43 runs in 55 balls. He hit 3 fours and 1 six in his innings. At the same time Ibrahim Zadran contributed 18 runs off 29 balls. However, in the last over, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan performed brilliantly by scoring 19 runs off 10 balls. In this way, the Afghan team scored 115 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Rishad Hussain was the most successful bowler for Bangladesh. Rishad Hussain took 3 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman got 1-1 success.