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Afghanistan vs Australia Live Score: The 48th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played today between Australia and Afghanistan. Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Afghanistan batted first and scored 148 runs. In response, the Australian team collapsed for 127 runs. With this, the Afghan team defeated the Kangaroo team by 21 runs in the Super-8. Gulbadin was declared the Player of the Match in this match.
Afghanistan beat Australia by 21 runs
The Afghanistan team has created history. This team led by Rashid Khan has defeated Australia for the first time in international cricket history. After losing the toss and batting first, Afghanistan scored 148 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 60 runs and Ibrahim Zadran scored 51 runs. In response, the Australian team collapsed for 127 runs in 19.2 overs. Even Pat Cummins' hat-trick and Maxwell's dashing batting could not give Australia a win. Gulbadin and Naveen Ul Haq became the heroes of the Afghan team's victory.
The fate of the match changed as soon as Maxwell was out
Maxwell played a historic innings of 200 runs to give Australia victory in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Now in the T20 World Cup, Maxwell was playing to repeat history once again but Gulbuddin Naib dashed Australia's hopes by dismissing him at a crucial time. Gulbuddin Naib showed Maxwell the way to the pavilion when Afghanistan needed it. Maxwell played an innings of 59 runs in 41 balls. In which he also hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. The match turned as soon as Maxwell's wicket fell.
AFG vs AUS Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbuddin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Nangeyalia Kharote, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(wk), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.