ICC World Cup: Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh and entered into the semi-finals
Afghanistan created a milestone by entering into the semi-finals of ICC T20 World Cup. The Afghanistan team defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs through DLS method in Super Eight- Match 12 which was held at the Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincet.
The Australian team is out of the tournament as they were dependent upon the win of Bangladesh team. Afghanistan will play it 1st semi-final match with South Africa on 27th June at 6:00am (IST) atBrian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad.
Afghanistan gave a target of 115 runs to their opponent. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 43 runs in 55 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. He was sent to pavilion by Rishad Hossain.
Rishad Hossain took 3 wickets for his team and played with an economy of 6.50. He gave 26 runs in 4 overs.
| AFGHANISTAN | |||||||
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | b Soumya Sarkar b Rishad Hossain | 43 | 55 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 78.18 |
| Ibrahim Zadran | c Tanzim Hasan Sakib b Rishad Hossain | 18 | 29 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 62.06 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | c Litton Das b Mustafizur Rahman | 10 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Gulbadin Naib | c Soumya Sarkar b Rishad Hossain | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Mohammad Nabi | c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Taskin Ahmed | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Karim Janat | Not out | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 |
| Rashid Khan | Not out | 19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 190.00 |
| Extras | (b 5, w 8) | 13 | |||||
| TOTAL | 20 Overs (RR: 5.75) | 115/5 | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Taskin Ahmed | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3.00 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.25 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rishad Hossain | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The Afghan bowlers Naveen-ul-Haq and Rashid Khan took 4 wickets and played with an economy of 6.78 and 5.75 respectively. Naveen-ul-Haq gave 26 runs in 3.5 overs whereas Rashid Khan gave 23 runs in 4 overs.
Naveen-ul-Haq emerged as the player of the match as he gave 26 runs in 3.5 overs and took four wickets for his team.
Bangladesh opening batsman Litton Das hit 54 runs in 49 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Tanzid Hasan was sent to pavilion by Rishad Hossain at the score of 0.
| BANGLADESH | |||||||
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Litton Das | b Soumya Sarkar b Rishad Hossain | 54 | 49 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 110.20 |
| Tanzid Hasan | c Tanzim Hasan Sakib b Rishad Hossain | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto | c Litton Das b Mustafizur Rahman | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | c Soumya Sarkar b Rishad Hossain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Soumya Sarkar | c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Taskin Ahmed | 10 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Towhid Hridoy | Not out | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 155.55 |
| Mahmudullah | Not out | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Rishad Hossain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| Taskin Ahmed | 2 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7 w 3) | 11 | |||||
| TOTAL | 20 Overs (RR: 5.88) | 105 | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 3.5 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 6.78 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Noor Ahmad | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulbadin Naib | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rashid Khan has become the fastest bowler to take 150 wickets in 92 matches in T20 match. He breaks the record of Tim Southee who took 118 wickets.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has become the top scorer in the history of Afghanistan cricket in Men’s T20 World Cup. Gurbaz has scored 434 till now in ICC T20 World Cup. He breaks the record of Shahzad who scored 402 runs for his team.
