Great work by the Afghan bowlers
During Australia’s innings, Afghanistan’s bowlers have given a performance the world will remember. Naveen took 3 wickets, Gulbadin took 4 wickets, on the other hand Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan also took wickets and created history for Afghanistan.
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Excellent batting from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran.
Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadar put on 118 runs for the first wicket, both batsmen scoring half-centuries to challenge a strong Australian side. Both of these batting helped to make the match successful. Although none of the other batsmen could do anything special after this, the batting of both of them acted as a life saver for the Afghanistan team.
Pat Cummins’ hat-trick went in vain
Pat Cummins took a hat-trick of wickets in the match. But Cummins’ hat-trick paled in comparison to the brilliance of the Afghan players. Now fans are not talking about Cummins’ hat-trick but about Afghanistan players.
The semi-final match was interesting
On the one hand, the Indian team has almost reached the semi-finals by winning both their matches. So, now Afghanistan’s victory has ruined Australia’s integration. Now in Group A, Afghanistan and Australia are tied with one win each. Australia’s next match will be against India while Afghanistan’s team will play against Bangladesh.
The semi-final match between Australia and Afghanistan is shaping up to be interesting
(The semi-final equation for Australia and Afghanistan got interesting)
Now if Australia loses against India and Afghanistan team wins against Bangladesh then Afghanistan team will reach the semi finals. Along with this, if the Indian team loses against Australia and Bangladesh defeats Afghanistan, then the Australian team will reach the semi-finals.
Apart from this, if Afghanistan and Australia lose their last match, the run rate equation will come up and whichever team is ahead in run rate will reach the semi-finals.
There is also a threat to India
Australia’s defeat can also hurt India. In fact, if the Indian team loses against Australia in their next match, India will have 4 points and Australia will also have 4 points. On the other hand, if the Afghanistan team wins the next match against Bangladesh, then the points of all three teams will be 4-4. In such a situation, the team which has a better run rate will reach the semi-finals. Only the team whose run rate is better than the other two teams will reach the top.