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Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan cricket team scored a hat-trick of wins in the T20 World Cup 2024 and secured a ticket to the Super-8. Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets in the 29th match of the league stage. This win by Afghanistan resulted in a huge loss for New Zealand and Kane Williamson’s team crashed out of the tournament. New Zealand have lost both the matches played so far. Along with Afghanistan, hosts West Indies have entered the next round from Group C. With this win, Afghanistan have reached the top of their group. West Indies and their 6-6 points are equal, but Afghanistan are ahead of the hosts thanks to a better net run rate.
As for the match, Afghanistan team came to bowl first after winning the toss and ended PNG’s innings for just 95 runs. Fazalhaq Farooqui took the most wickets during this period with three wickets while Naveen Ul Haq got two wickets. The Papua New Guinea batsmen disappointed badly in this match, with 7 batsmen failing to reach double figures during this period, three of which were dismissed for 0.
Chasing down 96 in 15.1 overs, Afghanistan increased their net run rate significantly. After this win by 7 wickets, their net run rate has gone up to +4.230.
Afghanistan’s hero in this run chase was Gulbuddin Naib who played an unbeaten innings of 49 runs. Naib hit 4 fours and 2 towering sixes during this period.
t20 World Cup Group-C
Afghanistan- Eligibility
West Indies- Qualify
Uganda- Out
Papua New Guinea- Out
New Zealand- Out