AFG vs BAN Highlights Today Match: The last Super-8 match of the T20 World Cup was played between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Ground in St. Vincent. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Bangladesh lost the match by eight runs and Afghanistan reached the semi-finals.
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh, reached the semi-finals
Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh and made it to the semi-finals. With this, the Australian team is out of the T20 World Cup. Australia’s hopes were pinned on the Bangladesh team. In this low-scoring match, at one point it seemed that Bangladesh would not only qualify itself, but would also eliminate Afghanistan. Australia would have benefited from this, but Afghanistan’s bowlers made a tremendous comeback, took wickets and won. Now Afghanistan will face South Africa in the first semi-final on June 27. At the same time, the Indian team will face England in the second semi-final.
Batting first, Afghanistan’s team was able to score 115 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. After this, when Bangladesh’s team came to bat, rain interrupted the match many times. Bangladesh had to score 116 runs in 12.1 overs to qualify for the semi-finals. However, Afghanistan took wickets at regular intervals. Tanjid Hasan (0), captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto (5) and Shakib Al Hasan (0) could not do anything special. After this, Rashid Khan’s magic was seen. He sent Soumya Sarkar, Tauhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah and Rishad Hussain to the pavilion.
However, Liton Das stood firm from one end. He scored the 11th half-century of his T20 international career. The match was halted in between due to rain and the umpires reduced one over. Under the Duckworth Lewis rule, Bangladesh got a target of 114 runs in 19 overs. Bangladesh lost seven wickets for 80 runs. As soon as Gulbadin Naib sent Tanjim Hasan Shakib to the pavilion, the match became more exciting. Liton Das and Taskin Ahmed were on the crease. It seemed that Liton would win the match. Bangladesh needed 12 runs in the last 12 balls. Naveen Ul Haq came to bowl and he sent Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman to the pavilion on two consecutive balls, giving Afghanistan the victory and taking them to the semi-finals. Afghanistan’s team has reached the semi-finals of any ICC tournament for the first time.
