Afghanistan Creates History ! Defeats Australia In a Nail Biting Match By 21 Runs, Open Race To T20 Semis

Afghanistan celebrated a historic night in their cricket history When Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs in their Super Eight match at the T20 World Cup 2024 in Saint Vincent, it was a night that will go down in cricket history as a historic one.

Afghanistan's first victory over the 2021 T20 champions and six-time 50-over champions on Saturday night also gave them a chance to advance to the semifinals.

Good Bowling Attack By Afghan Pacers

The other pace bowler, Naveen ul Haq, took three wickets in four overs at an economy rate of five runs per over to keep Australia at bay.

The leg-spinner Rashid Khan, captain of Afghanistan's renowned spin bowling attack, also kept the ball tight. Rashid took one wicket in his four overs offering only 23 runs.

Poor Performance By Australian Batters

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, whose heroics took Australia to an impossible success against similar rivals at the 50-over World Cup in November, took steps to remove the game from Afghanistan by and by until Naib excused him in the fifteenth over to set off a parade of Australian wickets.

Maxwell's 59 runs off 41 balls was the most elevated score for Australia overwhelmingly. Swamp (12 runs) and Marcus Stoinis (11 runs) were the main different hitters who figured out how to put on twofold figure scores.

Victory Was Very Important For Us'- Rashid Khan

Afghanistan play Bangladesh at a similar setting on Tuesday and will fancy their possibilities beating the side that has proactively lost two games. Their place in the semifinals would be secured with a significant victory over Bangladesh.

Rashid stated that the victory was "very important for the people back home," who will be thrilled with the double joy of gaining entry into the semifinals.

Australian Captain Congratulted Afghanistan

Marsh, the captain of Australia, acknowledged that his team was "outplayed" by a disciplined Afghan team.

They face India next in their keep going Very Eight match on Tuesday.

They would almost certainly be eliminated from the tournament if they lost to the champions from 2007.