Listen to Story Skipper Rashid Khan oozed pride after Afghanistan beat Australia by 21 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 match at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent. It also happened to be their maiden victory over the Aussies at the international level after 4 ODIs and 2 T20Is. With the triumph, the Afghans also kept alive their hopes of making their way through to the semi-final of the mega event.
AUS vs AFG, T20 World Cup Highlights Gulbadin Naib won the Player of the Match award after he finished with figures of 4-0-20-4. He also picked up the wicket of Glenn Maxwell, who scored 59 runs and threatened to take the match away from the Afghans. After the win, Rashid lauded his teammates for going past the finish line against the 2021 champions .
“Massive win for us as a team and as a nation. Great feeling. It's something we have missed in the last two years.
Really happy with the win and super proud of the guys,” Rashid said in the post-match presentation ceremony. After losing to India, the Afghans made a couple of changes. They brought in Nangeyalia Kharote and Karim Janat and left out Hazratullah Zazai and Najibullah Zadran.
Rashid said that Afghanistan have tried to be flexible with their playing XI. After being asked to bat first, Afghanistan scored 148 for 6 on the back of half-centuries from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran. Thereafter, they bowled Australia out for 127 in 19.
2 overs. Rashid also lauded the dup for their 118-run partnership f.