Batting first PNG were bowled out for a paltry 95 runs and the Afghans chased the score in just 15.1 overs to bag their third consecutive win in the showpiece even New Delhi: Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan has credited franchise cricket for the team’s solid run in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. The Afghans defeated Papua New Guinea (PNG) by a comprehensive 7-wicket margin to storm into the Super eight stage of the event on Friday.
Batting first PNG were bowled out for a paltry 95 runs and the Afghans chased the score in just 15.1 overs to bag their third consecutive win in the showpiece event. Atop the Group C with 6 points in their kitty, the Rashid-led squad has been phenomenal in the big-ticket so far.
Gulbadin Naib played a match-winning knock of 49 runs to help the team bag a commanding victory. Afghanistan’s massive wins in T20 WC In their first group encounter, Afghanistan beat minnows Uganda by a massive 125-run margin while they notched up the second victory against New Zealand comprehensively by 84 runs to register another dominant win. The skipper, who went wicketless in his four-over spell but was involved in two crucial run outs, has said that franchise cricket has played a pivotal role in the success of team at the marquee event.
“The openers have given us good starts in the last two games and today was a good opportunity for the others to spend some time in the middle. We had a domestic competition before coming here and everyone are in form,” Rashid .
