AFG vs NZ
Afghanistan vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2024: The Afghanistan team has defeated the New Zealand team by 84 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024. This is New Zealand’s biggest defeat in terms of runs in the history of the T20 World Cup. In this match, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Afghan team scored 159 runs thanks to the innings of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. After this, the entire New Zealand team, which came out to chase the target, was all out for 75 runs. The Kiwi team could not even play the full 20 overs. This is the first win of the Afghan team against New Zealand in T20 International cricket.
New Zealand suffered the biggest defeat in T20 World Cup
New Zealand did not have a good start in the match against Afghanistan. When Phil Allen returned to the pavilion without opening his account. After this, Devon Conway and Kane Williamson also could not play big innings. New Zealand batsmen looked helpless in front of Afghan bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui and could not play strokes freely. Glenn Phillips scored the highest 18 runs for New Zealand. Matt Henry scored 12 runs. Williamson scored 9 runs, Daryl Mitchell 5 runs and Conway scored 8 runs. The entire New Zealand team was all out for 75 runs in 15.2 overs. New Zealand lost the match by 84 runs, which is its biggest defeat in the T20 World Cup. Earlier in the T20 World Cup 2014, the New Zealand team lost the match against Sri Lanka by 59 runs.
For Afghanistan, Fazalhaq Farooqi and captain Rashid Khan took four wickets each. These players displayed excellent bowling. It was because of these players that the Afghan team was successful in winning the match.
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