Afghanistan beat New Zealand badly and made a big upset in the T20 World Cup
NZ vs AFG: In the 14th match of the T20 World Cup 2024, Afghanistan defeated New Zealand by 84 runs and registered a big win. The hero of Afghanistan's victory was Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who played an explosive innings of 80 runs, while Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan took four wickets each to demolish the New Zealand team.
The 14th T20 World Cup 2024 match was played today, Saturday, between Afghanistan and New Zealand at Guyana's Providence Stadium. Afghanistan batted first and scored 159 runs in 20 overs, losing six wickets. In response, the New Zealand team collapsed for 75 in 15.2 overs, and Afghanistan won comfortably by 84 runs. While Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 80 runs in 56 balls, including five fours and five sixes, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan each took four wickets to demolish the New Zealand team.
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl, which did not go well for the Kiwi team. For Afghanistan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared a 103-run partnership in 87 balls for the first wicket. Due to this, the Afghanistan team was able to score 159 runs for 7 wickets. However, in the last over, Trent Boult brought New Zealand back. He took 3 wickets for just 3 runs in the last over.
Chasing Afghanistan's target of 160 runs, New Zealand had a very bad start. The Kiwi team lost its first wicket at a score of zero when Allen became the victim of Fazalhaq Farooqi on the very first ball. After this, there was a competition among the batsmen, Devon Conway became Farooqui's second victim after scoring 8 runs. Then Daryl Mitchell became Farooqui's third victim after scoring 5 runs and Kane Williamson (9) became the victim of Rashid Khan. Rashid Khan took New Zealand's fifth wicket in the form of Mark Chapman (4) at a score of just 43.
The Afghan bowlers did not give New Zealand a chance to recover in the entire innings and the whole team collapsed after scoring just 75 runs in 15.2 overs. In this way, Afghanistan registered a spectacular victory by 84 runs. Fazalhaq Farooqui and Rashid Khan took 4-4 wickets for Afghanistan. Except for Glenn Phillips 18 and Matt Henry 12, no other Kiwi batsman could even touch the double-digit mark.
