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A big upset has been seen in the T20 World Cup today. Afghanistan created history by defeating Australia by 21 runs. This is the first time that Afghanistan has defeated a strong team like Australia in a big tournament like the World Cup. In this match, a special achievement has been registered in the name of the most senior player of the Afghanistan team, Mohammad Nabi. Mohammad Nabi has now become the first player from Afghanistan to do so.
First Afghan player to play 400 T20 matches
As soon as Afghanistan's team came to play in Australia's Super-8 match, Mohammad Nabi registered a special achievement in his name. Nabi has now become the first player to play 400 T20 matches for Afghanistan. In this matter, Nabi has left behind two former captains of Team India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli has played 396 T20 matches so far. MS Dhoni has played 391 T20 matches in his career.
Heroes of Afghanistan's victory
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 was all out for 127 runs in 19.2 overs in front of Afghanistan's bowlers.
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.