Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign is in strife after Afghanistan claimed their first-ever win in cricket over the Aussies in a massive upset.
For the first time in international cricket history, Afghanistan stunned Australia by 21 runs, turning the T20 World Cup completely around.
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In the Super 8 match in St. Vincent, Australia might have advanced to the playoffs with a victory, but Afghanistan had other plans. After winning the toss, Mitch Marsh decided to bowl on a favourable pitch to spin, selecting Ashton Agar ahead of Mitchell Starc.
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Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran, Afghanistan’s opening pair, put up 118 runs in their opening stand, which rendered Australia wicketless for 15 overs, by far the longest period they had gone without losing a wicket in a Twenty20 international.
Pat Cummins scored a competitive 148 to record his second hat-trick in as many games for Afghanistan.
After openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (60 off 49 balls) and Ibrahim Zadran (51 off 48) battled a treacherous surface to put up a 118-run partnership, the biggest opening partnership in T20 history against Australia, the 2021 champions suffered their first-ever defeat to Afghanistan.
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After a double-century at the 50-over World Cup the previous year, Glenn Maxwell (59 off 41) demonstrated his return to form at the bat. He hinted at reprising his role as Afghanistan’s bogeyman. However, Afghanistan could scent victory when the all-rounder clipped player-of-the-match Naib (4-20) to a backward point, where Noor Ahmad got a difficult chance in the 15th over.
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