India & Afghanistan Win

ICC 09th Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Championship 2024 West Indies & United States of America – Super 8 Stage

Match 07 – 47th Match – Group 01
North Sound, Antigua & Barbuda, West Indies
Joint Favourites, India beat Inconsistent, Bangladesh by 50 runs

India put into bat, 196 / 5 – ( 20 Overs ) Hardik Pandya 50no, Virat Kohli 37, Rishabh Pant 36, Shivam Dube 34, Skipper Rohit Sharma 23 – Rohit Sharma / Virat Kohli 39 run opening stand, Virat Kohli / Rishabh Pant 32 runs for the 02nd wicket, Rishabh Pant / Shivam Dube 31 runs for the 04th wicket, Shivam Dube / Hardik Pandya 53 runs for the 05th wicket – Tanzim Sakib 2 / 32, Rishad Hossain 2 / 43.

Bangladesh in reply, 146 / 8 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Najmul Shanto 40, Tanzid Hasan 29, Rishad Hossain 24 – Litton Das / Tanzid Hasan 35 run opening stand, Tanzid Hasan / Najmul Shanto 31 runs for the 02nd wicket, Najmul Shanto / Shakib Al Hasan 22 for the 04th wicket – lost the next 03 wickets for the addition of 12 runs – Mahmudullah Riad / Rishad Hossain 28 runs for the 07th wicket – Kuldeep Yadav 3 / 19, Jasprit Bumrah 2 / 13, Arshdeep Singh 2 / 30, Skipper Rohit Sharma 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Hardik Pandya – India

Match 08 – 48th Match – Group 02
Kingstown, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, West Indies
Unpredictable Afghanistan beat Former Champions & Strong Contenders, Australia by 21 runs

Afghanistan put into bat, 148 / 6 – ( 20 Overs ) Rahmanullah Gurbaz 60, Ibrahim Zadran 51 – opening stand of 118 runs – Karim Janat 13, Mohammad Nabi 10no – lost the 06 wickets for the addition of 23 runs – Patrick Cummins 3 / 28 – hatrick in consecutive matches : first time ever, Adam Zampa 2 / 28, Timothy David 02 catches.

Australia in reply, 127 all out – ( 19.2 Overs ) Glenn Maxwell 59, Skipper Mitchell Marsh 12, Marcus Stoinis 11, Extras 16 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 32 runs – Glenn Maxwell / Marcus Stoinis 39 runs for the 04th wicket, Glenn Maxwell / Matthew Wade 21 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 21 runs – Gulbadin Naib 4 / 20, Naveen ul Haq 3 / 20, Noor Ahmed 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Gulbadin Naib – Afghanistan

This was the historic first ever win for Afghanistan against Australia in this format.