Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan won the toss and asked PNG to bat first in a game that could eliminate New Zealand from the Super 8 contention.
Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: Papua New Guinea were all out for 95 runs in their league stage match against Afghanistan. Papua New Guinea had host half their side — at 30/5 — before the powerplay overs had ended. They lost four of their wickets, including that of captain Assad Vala, to near-comical run outs: there was one mix-up, one school boy failure to ground the bat and the bat getting stuck in the pitch just outside the crease.
Captain Vala’s dismissal in the second over started a sequence of wickets: in the next two overs, PNG lost three more wickets. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-ul-Haq have both claimed two wickets so far.
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Afghanistan had won the toss and captain Rashid Khan asked Papua New Guinea to bat first in the crunch game at the T20 World Cup. If Afghanistan win today, New Zealand are eliminated and the Asian team will go past the league phase of an ICC tournament for the first time in their history. New Zealand will be keeping a close eye on the game. They have two more matches left but even winning those will not help them as they can reach only a maximum of 4 points.
A win today will guide Afghanistan to six points and they will progress alongside hosts West Indies to the next round with both having six points each.
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2024 – Match 29
Afghanistan
9/1 (1.5)
vs
Papua New Guinea
95 (19.5)
Batting
Rahmanullah Gurbaz *1 (3)
Gulbadin Naib1 (1)
Bowling
Alei Nao0/3 (1)
Semo Kamea *1/1 (0.5)
Play In Progress ( Day – Match 29 )
Afghanistan need 87 runs in 109 balls at 4.78 rpo
T20 World Cup: Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan pull off ‘one of their greatest T20 wins’ to hammer New Zealand
At this point, it should not come as a surprise when the Afghanistan cricket team pull off a win at the biggest stages against the traditional powerhouses. On Saturday, they didn’t just beat New Zealand at Providence Stadium, Guyana. They outplayed the Kiwis, the masters of showing up in good form at these ICC events.
Kane Williamson and Co. would have known before the match that this wasn’t going to be easy even if they hit the ground running close to their top level. Turned out, they were nowhere near that. And Afghanistan pounced. They won by a whopping 84 runs to make it two wins out of two and put one foot in the Super 8.
These are no longer upsets, these are moments of vindication for a side that has constantly punched above their collective weight. (READ MORE)
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First uploaded on: 14-06-2024 at 05:25 IST