In todays match Afghanistan defeated New Zealand and after defeating New Zealand the team Afghanistan is on the nine clouds because they have not only win two back to back matches but also their one foot is into the super eight on the other side the New Zealand team is in big trouble and their match against West Indies is now must win match to be in the race of playoffs.
This another Upset of t20 world cup 2024 cricket tournament for team New Zealand Pakistan and cricket world. In this match USA defeated Pakistan in super over match.
The result of the match concluded in 16 over of the second inning of the match after the New Zealand team got all out and came in super over and Afghanistan defeated New Zealand comfortably and surprised everyone because New Zealand was being considered as the most top candidate for winning the t20 world cup.
Yesterday we have already seen an overturned result in which less experienced team of USA defeated the Pakistan in a nail biting super over match.
New Zealand won the toss:-
The New Zealand skipper Kane Willimson won the toss and decided to boll first with their 3 options of pace attack and plenty of spin option. The pitch was good for bowling first and the bowler of the New Zealand performed well and they got succeed to restrict Afghanistan 159 with the loss of six wicket.
Afghanistan batted first and scored 159 at 6 wicket loss:-
Afghanistan got his dream start while batting first with the help of tremendous performance of the openers Ibrahim Zadran and its wicket keeper batsman Gurbaz which made the ground of the result that is Afghanistan defeated New Zealand. Both the openers started very well and always dominated on the New Zealand bowling attack and did a partnership of more than 100 for the first wicket.
Afghanistan loosed their first wicket in the face of Ibrahim Zardan who got dismissed at the personal score of very crucial 44 runs on 41 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Although his inning was very slow but his presence gave the full freedom to his partner Gurbaz who batted very well and scored a quick 80 runs on 56 bolls with the help of 5 fours and sixes. After this we sea a cameo of Azmatullah with his quick 22 runs on just 13 balls.
End of the inning of the Afghanistan was not as per their expectation as in the end New Zealand team bowler got good control over the Afghanistan team batsman and restricted Afghanistan team at 159 at the loss of 6 wicket.
Unexpected start from the New Zealand batsman:-
After restricting the Afghanistan under 160 now all the responsibility to get the match for New Zealand is on the batsman, but the start of the New Zealand team with bat was as bad as it may be. New Zealand loosed his first wicket on the very first ball of the inning and Finn Allen got out at the score of 0 personal and team too. Which got the New Zealand team in pressure and they started to defensive batting which leads to more pressure and resulted the increase of pressure continue.
New Zealand team failed to face the attack of Afghanistan bowling specially the Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan they both were very economical and got 4 wickets each. Which leads the result Afghanistan defeated New Zealand and another Upset of t20 world cup 2024.
No New Zealand batsman impacted positively which leads to Afghanistan defeated New Zealand:-
From the very first boll of the inning the Afghanistan bowler dominated the New Zealand batsman and never gave a single chance to bring their team into the match to show any fighting sprit. Only two New Zealand batsman could score the double digit score and these batsman were Glenn Phillips who scored 18 run on 18 boll with 2 fours and the other batsman was Matt Henry who scored 12 run on 17 bolls with the only six of the New Zealand team.
As Afghanistan defeated New Zealand and this result will lead a very tough journey for the team New Zealand to get a spot in the playoffs. Now they are in do or die situation in the match against the West Indies team . winning this match is only hope for their playoffs but this is not going to that much easy as it was looking for the New Zealand before the beginning of the tournament.
In other side Afghanistan has just on the verge of to get a ticket for the playoffs as they have already made two consecutive victory and they are at the top of the table in their group,
Afghanistan defeated New Zealand.