Afghanistan Beat New Zealand by 84 Runs
Afghanistan vs New Zealand,T20 World Cup Highlights 2024, Afghanistan beat New Zealand by 84 runs to register their first win.
Afghanistan vs New Zealand,T20 World Cup Highlights 2024 Match today: Afghanistan defeated New Zealand by 84 runs to register their first win over the Blackcaps, thanks to brilliant bowling from Fazalhaq Farooqi (4/17), Rashid Khan (4/17) and Mohammad Nabi (2/16).
Glenn Phillips (18) and Matt Henry (12) were the only two new Zealand player who cross the double figures. If Farooqi started to explode with the new ball and took three wickets in the powerplay, Rashid and Nabi then worked their magic against New Zealand and helped Afghanistan register a stunning win.
Earlier, Afghanistan scored 159 runs for 6 wickets after being invited to bat. Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a brilliant innings of 80 runs in just 56 balls.While his opening partner Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed after scoring 44 runs. Azmatullah Umarzai played a brilliant innings of 22 runs off 13 balls.Trent Boult (2/22), Matt Henry (2/37) and Lockie Ferguson (1/28) shared the wickets for New Zealand.
Brief Scores
Afghanstan:- 159 for 6 after 20 overs.(Trent Boult 2/22, Ibrahim Zadran 44; Matt Henry 1/37 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 80)
New Zealand :- 75 all out in 15.2 overs ( Fazalhaq Farooqi 4/17 ; Glenn Phillips 22 ; Rashid Khan 4/17 ; Mohammad Nabi 2/16
The Score board of Afghanistan and New Zealand match below
