Afghanistan’s brilliant fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq has shared a cryptic post on his official social media account after winning the Super 8 match against Australia. Let us tell you, Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs in an important match. In this match, the excellent fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq took three wickets for 20 runs in four overs.

Naveen Ul Haq took the wickets of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh with the new ball. Gulbadin Naib took four wickets for 20 runs in four overs for Afghanistan. Six matches have been played between these two teams in international cricket so far and Afghanistan defeated Australia for the first time. With this victory, Afghanistan is still in the race for the semi-finals.

Here is Naveen Ul Haq’s post:

Instagram post of Naveen Ul Haq after beating Australia ⚡ pic.twitter.com/yLorkMtb07

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 23, 2024

Batting first after losing the toss, Afghanistan scored 148 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. At one point, Afghanistan’s team had scored 118 runs without losing any wicket. However, after this, the team lost six wickets in scoring 30 runs. Pat Cummins created history in this match. He took a hat-trick in his second consecutive match. Earlier, Cummins had taken a hat-trick in the Australia vs Bangladesh match.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared a 118-run partnership in 95 balls for the first wicket. Stoinis broke this partnership by dismissing Gurbaz. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 60 runs in 49 balls with the help of four fours and four sixes. After this, Jampa dismissed Azmatullah Omarzai and Ibrahim Zadran in the 17th over. Zadran scored 51 runs in 48 balls with the help of six fours. Omarzai scored two runs. Karim Janat scored 13 runs and captain Rashid Khan scored two runs. Mohammad Nabi remained unbeaten after scoring 10 runs.

The Australian team chasing the target was all out for 127 runs in 19.2 overs. Gulbadin Naib took four wickets. At one point in this match, Australia lost three wickets for 32 runs. Then Glenn Maxwell shared a 39-run partnership with Marcus Stoinis. Naib broke this partnership by getting Stoinis out. From here the match turned. Maxwell scored the 11th half-century of his T20 international career.

Apart from Maxwell, no player could even touch the figure of 15. Travis Head (0), David Warner (3), captain Mitchell Marsh (12), Marcus Stoinis (11), Tim David (2), Matthew Wade (5), Pat Cummins (3), Ashton Agar (2) and Adam Zampa (9) could not do anything special. The hero of Afghanistan’s victory was Gulbadin Naib, he took four wickets for 20 runs in his four over spell and also took two important catches.