India & Bangladesh Win
ICC 09th Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Championship 2024 – Super 8 Stage – 23rd Day
Match 11 – 51st Match – Group 01
Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, West Indies
India beat Australia by 24 runs in a clash of Former Champions & Strong Contenders to enter the Semi Finals
India put into bat, 205 / 5 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Rohit Sharma 92 ( 8×6, 7×4, 41 balls ), Suryakumar Yadav 31, Shivam Dube 28, Hardik Pandya 27no – Rohit Sharma / Rishabh Pant 87 runs for the 02nd wicket, Rohit Sharma / Suryakumar Yadav 34 runs for the 03rd wicket, Suryakumar Yadav / Shivam Dube 32 runs for the 04th wicket, Shivam Dube / Hardik Pandya 35 runs for the 05th wicket – Mitchell Starc 2 / 45 – conceded 29 runs to Rohit Sharma in his 02nd over, the third over of the innings – Marcus Stoinis 2 / 56.
Australia in reply, 181 / 7 – ( 20 Overs ) Travis Head 76, Skipper Mitchell Marsh 37, Glenn Maxwell 20 – Travis head / Mitchell Marsh 81 runs for the 02nd wicket, Travis head / Glenn Maxwell 41 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 38 runs – Arshdeep Singh 3 / 37, Kuldeep Yadav 2 / 24.
Player of the Match : Rohit Sharma – Australia 24 sixers in the match – the most in a game in this tournament.
Match 12 – 52nd Match – Group 01
Kingstown, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, West Indies
Deserving, Unpredictable Afghanistan beat Unlucky, Heart Broken Bangladesh by 08 runs on the DLS method
Afghanistan electing to bat, 115 / 5 – ( 20 Overs ) Rahmanullah Gurbaz 43, Skipper Rashid Khan 19no Ibrahim Zadran 18, Azmatullah Omarzai10, Extras 13 – Rahmanullah Gurbaz / Ibrahim Zadran 59 run opening stand, Rahmanullah Gurbaz / Azmatullah Omarzai 25 runs for the 02nd wicket, Karim Janat / Rashid Khan 22 runs unbroken for the 06th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 09 runs – Rishad Hossain 3 / 26, Soumya Sarkar 02 catches.
Bangladesh in reply, 105 all out – ( 17.5 Overs ) Litton Das 54no – carried his bat through the innings – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 07 runs – Litton Das / Soumya Sarkar 25 runs for the 04th wicket – Towhid Hridoy 14, Soumya Sarkar 10, Extras 11 – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 25 runs – Skipper Rashid Khan 4 / 23, Naveen ul Haq 4 / 26, Mohammad Nabi 02 catches.
Player of the Match : Naveen ul Haq – Afghanistan
The match was curtailed by several interruptions due to rain. This is the first time that Afghanistan has qualified for semi finals of any format of an ICC tournament.