Guyana [West Indies], spin magician Rashid Khan and fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui destroyed New Zealand's batting order to help Afghanistan demolish the Blackcaps by registering an 84-run win in the Group C match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024 at the Providence Stadium. Helped in. On Friday (local time).
With two wins from two, Afghanistan strengthened its chances of qualifying from Group C. The Blackcaps were outclassed in all aspects as the Afghans continued their search for the T20 stars who dared the country to dream in the Caribbean.
New Zealand gave Afghanistan a lot of life in the field, which backfired on the Kiwis as they had to pay a heavy price for it and suffered an unexpected defeat with the bat.The series of upsets continues in the ongoing T20 World Cup, with debutants USA defeating Asian giants Pakistan and Canada defeating Ireland.
While defending the target of 160 runs, Farooqui demolished the top order by taking 3 wickets inside the batting powerplay. Farooqui dismissed Finn Allen on the very first ball of the innings and before the Kiwis could build any momentum, the left-handed batsman took the wickets of Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell.
After that, it was Afghanistan's spinners who made the most of the spin-friendly Guyana pitch. Then it was Rashid's turn and the Afghan captain took the valuable wicket of Kane Williamson (9 runs off 13 runs) on his very first ball.He took two straight runs at the start of his next over, as Mitchell Santner had to deal with a hat-trick of balls.
In his final over, Rashid dismissed Lockie Ferguson, taking the score to 17/4 in his four overs. Farooqui ended New Zealand's resistance at the crease by dismissing Matt Henry in his last over, bowling out New Zealand for 75 in 15.2 overs to win by 84 runs.
Earlier, Afghanistan were invited to bat first, with Afghan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran taking full advantage of several fielding failures – a missed stumping and a false runout from keeper Devon Conway, as well as deep backward square leg. But a dropped catch.
The openers took their team beyond 50 runs within 10 overs.The duo continued to build a solid partnership and Gurbaz brought up his second half-century in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Ibrahim Zadran hit three fours in his innings of 44 off 41 balls, before Azmatullah Umarzai added a quick 22-run cameo from just 13 balls – after his dismissal the Kiwis finally caught in the field through Lockie Ferguson. took.
Captain Rashid's innings was seen in disarray before the score was 80 off Gurbaz's 56. In the end, Afghanistan scored 159 runs against the Kiwis.
Brief scores: Afghanistan 159/6 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 80, Ibrahim Zadran 44; Trent Boult 2-22) v New Zealand.
With two wins from two, Afghanistan strengthened its chances of qualifying from Group C. The Blackcaps were outclassed in all aspects as the Afghans continued their search for the T20 stars who dared the country to dream in the Caribbean.
New Zealand gave Afghanistan a lot of life in the field, which backfired on the Kiwis as they had to pay a heavy price for it and suffered an unexpected defeat with the bat.The series of upsets continues in the ongoing T20 World Cup, with debutants USA defeating Asian giants Pakistan and Canada defeating Ireland.
While defending the target of 160 runs, Farooqui demolished the top order by taking 3 wickets inside the batting powerplay. Farooqui dismissed Finn Allen on the very first ball of the innings and before the Kiwis could build any momentum, the left-handed batsman took the wickets of Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell.
After that, it was Afghanistan's spinners who made the most of the spin-friendly Guyana pitch. Then it was Rashid's turn and the Afghan captain took the valuable wicket of Kane Williamson (9 runs off 13 runs) on his very first ball.He took two straight runs at the start of his next over, as Mitchell Santner had to deal with a hat-trick of balls.
In his final over, Rashid dismissed Lockie Ferguson, taking the score to 17/4 in his four overs. Farooqui ended New Zealand's resistance at the crease by dismissing Matt Henry in his last over, bowling out New Zealand for 75 in 15.2 overs to win by 84 runs.
Earlier, Afghanistan were invited to bat first, with Afghan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran taking full advantage of several fielding failures – a missed stumping and a false runout from keeper Devon Conway, as well as deep backward square leg. But a dropped catch.
The openers took their team beyond 50 runs within 10 overs.The duo continued to build a solid partnership and Gurbaz brought up his second half-century in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Ibrahim Zadran hit three fours in his innings of 44 off 41 balls, before Azmatullah Umarzai added a quick 22-run cameo from just 13 balls – after his dismissal the Kiwis finally caught in the field through Lockie Ferguson. took.
Captain Rashid's innings was seen in disarray before the score was 80 off Gurbaz's 56. In the end, Afghanistan scored 159 runs against the Kiwis.
Brief scores: Afghanistan 159/6 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 80, Ibrahim Zadran 44; Trent Boult 2-22) v New Zealand.