NZ vs AFG: Afghanistan beat New Zealand by 84 runs..!!

Sowmiya Sriram
NZ vs AFG: afghanistan beat new zealand by 84 runs..!!
afghanistan beat new zealand by 84 runs in the 2024 t20 world cup series in a way that no one expected. afghanistan won the match by dominating the bowling. Although many thought that the afghanistan team would win some matches in this world cup series, no one expected that they would dominate and win against the major teams like this. In this match new zealand team won the toss and chose to bowl. afghanistan batted first. The team's openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Sadran gave an excellent start. The pair added 103 runs for the first wicket. This was the foundation of the afghanistan team in this match. Ibrahim Sadran lost the match after scoring 44 off 41 balls.
Asmadullah Omarzai who came after him added 22 runs off 13 balls. After that, he lost the game. The afghanistan team lost 2 wickets for 127 runs in 17 overs. afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz held on till the last over and lost the match after scoring 80 runs off 56 balls. At the end of 20 overs, afghanistan scored 159 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The team's middle-order players were losing the game by single digits. But the team scored big as the openers played superbly. new zealand chased a challenging target of 170 runs. Opener Finn Allen was Doug Wood on the very first ball he data-faced. After that, Devon Conway 8 runs, Kane Williamson 9 runs, Daryl Mitchell 5 runs, Mark Chapman 4 runs, Michael Bracewell ducked out, Mitchell Santner 4 runs, and the new zealand team lost wickets. Lost eight wickets for 59 runs. That's when the team's defeat was confirmed. new zealand then attacked till the 15th over and were all out for just 75 runs in 15.2 overs. Afghanistan's fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui bowled tremendously and conceded just 17 runs in 3.2 overs for 4 wickets. Rashid, the best spin bowler in the world, took 4 wickets conceding only 17 runs in 4 overs. Muhammad Nabi gave 16 runs in 4 overs and took 2 wickets. After this, the afghanistan team shocked the new zealand team by winning the himalayas by 84 runs. new zealand is currently in last place in Group "C". afghanistan is top of their group with four points after two wins from two matches.
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