Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs in an important match played in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. In this match, all the players from Afghanistan performed very well and played an important role in their team’s victory. Australia’s batsmen failed to leave their mark.

As soon as Afghanistan won this important match against Australia, many fans were seen celebrating their team’s victory in Khost Province. Many fans came out on the streets and celebrated their team’s victory in a great way. Fans were seen celebrating at 8:30 pm local time in Afghanistan.

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In this match, Afghanistan batted first and scored 148 runs in 20 overs losing 6 wickets, in response to which Australia was all out for 127 runs. After the match ended, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan made a big statement about his team. Rashid Khan was very happy with the performance of his team.

Rashid Khan said, ‘We thought that a score of 140 would be very good on this track. We were not able to bat well on this pitch. You always face a lot of trouble here. However, Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave us a very good start due to which we were able to make a big total against Australia. We knew very well that we could defend the score. All the players did their job well.’

In the match against Australia, Gulbadin Naib bowled brilliantly for Afghanistan and took four wickets for 20 runs in four overs while Naveen Ul Haq took three wickets for 20 runs in four overs. Captain Rashid Khan took one wicket. With this victory, Afghanistan is still in the race for the semi-finals.