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Rashid Khan created history: Afghanistan created a big upset by defeating the mighty New Zealand in the T20 World Cup 2024. Afghanistan has surprised everyone by defeating New Zealand by a huge margin of 84 runs.
This was Afghanistan’s first win against New Zealand in the history of T20 international cricket. Captain Rashid Khan created history by playing a key role in this historic win. With this achievement, Rashid became the first T20I captain to achieve a major feat.
In the 14th match of the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan batted first and scored 159 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs, after which the New Zealand team was all out for 75 runs. Afghanistan has defeated New Zealand for the first time in the T20 World Cup. On one hand, Rashid took 4 wickets, on the other hand, Fazalhaq Farooqui also managed to take 4 wickets.
Apart from the bowlers, Afghanistan’s batsmen also batted brilliantly, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 80 runs in 56 balls with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes, while Ibrahim Zadran scored 44 runs in 41 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. With the partnership of these two, Afghanistan scored a good score.
Captain Rashid Khan achieved the first victory in T20 against New Zealand with his sharp bowling. In this match, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan broke a 17-year-old record with his excellent bowling. During the match, Rashid took four important wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs and became the first captain to bowl the best in the T20 World Cup.
Rashid has broken the record of former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori by taking 4 wickets for 17 runs in the match against New Zealand. Rashid has broken the Kiwi captain’s record against his team. This legendary New Zealand spinner took four wickets for 20 runs against India in the first season of the T20 World Cup in 2007. Now Rashid Khan’s name has come to the first place in this list.
Best bowling by a captain in T20 World Cup
4/17 – Rashid Khan vs New Zealand, 2024*
4/20 – Daniel Vettori vs India, 2027
4/20 – Zeeshan Maqsood v Papua New Guinea, 2021
Along with Rashid Khan, Afghanistan bowler Fazal Haq Farooqi has also taken 4 wickets. Fazal Haq also gave 17 runs and took 4 wickets. With this, both these bowlers of Afghanistan have registered their names in the list of two bowlers who took 4 wickets each in the same innings of the World Cup.
Two bowlers who took 4 wickets in an innings of T20 World Cup
Umar Gul (4/25) and shahid afridi (4/19) v Scotland, 2007
Mujeeb Rahman (5/20) and Rashid Khan (4/9) vs Scotland, 2021
Fazal Haq Farooqi (4/17) and Rashid Khan (4/17) vs New Zealand, 2024*
