Sports Desk: Afghanistan defeated Australia in the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup. Gulbadin Naib and Naveen Ul Haque bowled Australia to lose by 21 runs. After defeating Bangladesh in the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup, Ajira fell into danger after losing to the Afghans.
Australia fell to Naveen’s cannon in the power play. After losing three wickets, Maxwell handled the pressure with Marcus Stoinis. In the 11th over, Gulbadin took the ball and brought a great breakthrough. Then this pacer took big wickets in his four overs. Noor Ahmed made a great catch for Maxwell with his great delivery. Naveen returns in the second spell and gets another wicket.
Before this, the opening pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran suffered in Australia. This pair broke for 118 runs in the 16th over. Gurbaz was dismissed for 60 runs off 49 balls with four fours and six. He was caught by David Warner off Stoinis. Adam Zampa struck a pair in the next over. Ibrahim stopped at 51 runs off 48 balls with six fours.
Then Pat Cummins fired the cannon. He took three wickets in his last two overs to rein in Afghanistan’s run. He took three wickets and 28 runs in four overs. Australia’s dream of playing in the semi-finals was shattered by this loss. They will play against India in the last match. They have to win the match. And Afghanistan kept alive the hope of playing in the semi-finals. For that, they have to beat Bangladesh and want India to win.
