AFG vs AUS Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, ICC T20 World Cup 2024

48th T20I • Arnos Vale Ground • Kingstown

Afghanistan

148/6 (20)

Australia

127/10 (19.2)

AFG won by 21 runs

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Date & Time

23 Jun, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

48th T20I,

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

Pitch Report

Some clouds in the horizon while the wind is coming from the east. Not much difference between the square boundaries with one being 70 meter and the other being 67 m. There is a nice covering of grass and it is rock hard. Batters have to be at their best against spin. Interesting enough, all the teams have won the toss and bowled first going onto lose the game.

1st Innings

127Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

106.44Avg SR

2nd Innings

111Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

93.54Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

0- 1

AUS

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Afghanistan

Australia

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

AFG . WK

178 Runs

5 Matches

Ibrahim Zadran

AFG . BAT

160 Runs

5 Matches

Marcus Stoinis

AUS . ALL

156 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Fazalhaq Farooqi

AFG . BOWL

15 Wkts

5 Matches

Adam Zampa

AUS . BOWL

10 Wkts

5 Matches

Rashid Khan

AFG . BOWL

9 Wkts

5 Matches

TIPS

AUS vs AFG Dream11 Prediction: Fantasy Cricket Tips, Today's Playing 11 and Pitch Report for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, Match 48

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AUS vs AFG Dream11 Prediction: Fantasy Cricket Tips, Today's Playing 11 and Pitch Report for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, Match 48

Venue Details

Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

1st Innings

127Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

106.44Avg SR

2nd Innings

111Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

93.54Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

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Team Batting First

100%Wins Losses0%

Recent Matches on venue

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Afghanistan

Australia

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

0- 1

AUS

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

143

Average Score

177

209/5

Highest Score

241/4

101/3

Lowest Score

74/1

Player of the Match Gulbadin Naib

0(1)

4/20

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AFG

AUS

Info

Afghanistan

148/6 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

122.45

c D Warner b M Stoinis

Ibrahim Zadran

106.25

c M Marsh b A Zampa

Azmatullah Omarzai

66.67

b A Zampa

Karim Janat

144.44

c TH David b P Cummins

Rashid Khan

(C)

40.00

c TH David b P Cummins

Mohammad Nabi

250.00

Not out

Gulbadin Naib

0.00

c G Maxwell b P Cummins

Nangeyalia kharote

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.4)

148/6

Did not Bat

Noor Ahmad, Naveen ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowlers

EXT

4.25

9.75

7.00

7.00

6.00

9.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c D Warner b M Stoinis

1-118

15.5

Azmatullah Omarzai

b A Zampa

2-121

16.3

Ibrahim Zadran

c M Marsh b A Zampa

3-122

16.6

Rashid Khan

c TH David b P Cummins

4-126

17.6

Karim Janat

c TH David b P Cummins

5-141

19.1

Gulbadin Naib

c G Maxwell b P Cummins

6-141

19.2

Australia

127/10 (19.2)

Batters

Travis Head

0.00

b N Haq

David Warner

37.50

c N Ahmad b M Nabi

Mitchell Marsh

(C)

133.33

c M Nabi b N Haq

Glenn Maxwell

143.90

c N Ahmad b G Naib

Marcus Stoinis

64.71

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b G Naib

Tim David

50.00

lbw b G Naib

Matthew Wade

71.43

c K Janat b R Khan

Pat Cummins

33.33

b G Naib

Ashton Agar

40.00

c G Naib b N Haq

Adam Zampa *

128.57

c M Nabi b A Omarzai

Josh Hazlewood

71.43

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 6, NB: 1, W: 7)

TOTAL

(19.2 Ov, RR: 6.57)

127/10

Bowlers

EXT

Naveen ul Haq

5.00

Fazalhaq Farooqi

7.00

Azmatullah Omarzai

1.2

7.50

1.00

13.00

5.75

11.00

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Travis Head

b N Haq

1-0

0.3

Mitchell Marsh

c M Nabi b N Haq

2-16

2.3

David Warner

c N Ahmad b M Nabi

3-32

5.1

Marcus Stoinis

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b G Naib

4-71

10.3

Tim David

lbw b G Naib

5-85

12.2

Glenn Maxwell

c N Ahmad b G Naib

6-106

14.4

Matthew Wade

c K Janat b R Khan

7-108

15.1

Pat Cummins

b G Naib

8-111

16.3

Ashton Agar

c G Naib b N Haq

9-113

17.2

Adam Zampa

c M Nabi b A Omarzai

10-127

19.2

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Jun, 06:00 AM IST

Venue

Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

48th T20I,

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

0 0 W 1 0 1

Over 17

Runs: 2

W 1 1 0 1

Over 18

Runs: 3

0 1 0 4 1 2nb 0

Over 19

Runs: 8

2 W

Over 20

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Gulbadin Naib

0(1)

4/20

Lucky Winner rohitchourasia831

Commentary

With that, we come to the end of our coverage for now. Arnos Vale witnessed something never thought of, really! Many, and we dare say almost everyone around the world thought that Australia will win and reach the semis with India from Group 1. They won the toss, chose to bowl and seemed to have things under control initially. Then, everything turned out and how! Barring Pat Cummins' hat-trick and Glenn Maxwell's half-century, it was all Afghanistan! Rashid Khan's men were outstanding tonight! Whether it was the opening partnership, whether it was the finish to the their innings, whether it was the bowling of Naveen ul Haq and Gulbadin Naib or whether it was the fielding and captaincy, the Afghans brought out their A game and stunned the Aussies big time! Now, three teams are well and truly in with a shout to qualify for the semi-finals from this group. But first, we turn our attention to Group 2, in which the next match, between England and the USA is on. You can catch all the action from the game, right here. For now, this is the pair of Karthik Raj and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan captain): I don't think this comes in as a surprise. We've done a lot of work to improve and get to this stage, so I'm not surprised with this win. Going by the conditions, and more so the composition of the opposition, we pick our teams. Against India as well, we went with the team best suited but fell short. Today, we stuck to the team that won us matches earlier on. And it paid dividends. It definitely wasn't an easy wicket to bat on, we struggled towards the end, but it was all about doing the job earlier on in the piece. This win should give the fans all around the world and back home, a lot of joy. We now give ourselves every opportunity of qualifying for the semi-finals. It's going to be a massive match, our last one!

Mitchell Marsh (Australia captain): I think they probably got 20 runs too many, but the better way to put it is that we were outplayed tonight. We did consider batting first tonight, but still, I think bowling first was the right decision from out point of view with the kind of quality we had. It wasn't the easiest of wickets to bat on, but then, both teams batted on it and we came second, so, we can't complain. India are next, yes. Well, we cannot ask for a better team to do it against when it comes to qualifying for the semis, so, we are up for it.

Gulbadin Naib (Player of the Match): Thanks to the Almighty. We waited for a long time. Not just for me, but my nation and our people, it is a big achievement. Thanks to everyone who supported us in this journey. We worked hard in the last two months and the result is in front of you. The wicket wasn't good to bat on. At the start of our innings, the ball was bouncing a lot. Thanks to god that Rashid trusted me. It is a team effort. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Naveen-ul-Haq gave us a good start. Thanks to God that we finally beat Australia. If you look at our history, it is not much but we have achieved a lot in the last ten years. We beat New Zealand in the group stage, Australia now. Thanks to the management. We are lucky to have this team. At the start of the tournament, we focused on each and every game. We will rest tomorrow and think about the next game after that.

Afghanistan win by 21 runs with 4 balls to spare!

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 60 (49) | Gulbadin Naib - 4/20 (4)
Glenn Maxwell 59 (41) | Pat Cummins - 3/28 (4)

Let this sink in! Afghanistan have made a massive statement! They have defeated a team super-confident and almost sure of making the final four. They have, all of a sudden, changed the complexion of Group 1! They have done themselves a great favour of reaching the semi-finals. Australia, well, they are left licking their wounds right now!

It all began with the wicket of Travis Head! Naveen ul Haq bowling the first over and knocked over the attacking left-hander for no score was the tone-setter. Then came two quick wickets of skipper Mitchell Marsh and David Warner, which made life even more difficult for the Aussies.

But when Glenn Maxwell is out there against Afghanistan, he won't back down, isn't it? First with Marcus Stoinis, and then with Matthew Wade, the 'Big Show' made the Afghans scratch their heads with some stunning shots all around the ground.

The right-hander went on to bring up a superb half-century and threatened to single-handedly knock Afghanistan out of the tournament! In the meanwhile, both Marcus Stoinis and Tim David were picked up by Gulbadin Naib. Naib was getting the ball to nip off the pitch and his slower balls were sitting nicely in the surface.

But who was stopping Gulbadin tonight? He bowled four overs on the trot and went on take two more wickets, including that of Maxwell! The in-form batter slashed to backward point in the air and Noor Ahmad there made no mistake in taking a fine catch low to his left! Pat Cummins thought he could hack one across the line to him but it did him for, castling him by staying low!

One cannot forget the wicket of Matthew Wade in Rashid Khan's last over! Rashid brought himself back at just the right time, when Maxwell was dismissed. And instantly, he got Wade off a top-edged sweep which got brilliantly caught at short fine-leg.

The Australian lower-order tried as hard as they could, but neither had the quality to score, nor had the number of balls remaining in their favour. Finally, with Adam Zampa getting holed out at long-on to Mohammad Nabi off the bowling of Azmatullah Omarzai, Afghanistan completed a crucial win at St. Vincent and managed to stay alive in the competition.

Australia, facing a rampant Indian team next, are in deep trouble at the moment because a loss to the Men in Blue can knock them out of the tournament with Afghanistan winning their final match against Bangladesh!

YES! AFGHANISTAN BEAT AUSTRALIA! THEY DERAIL THE MIGHTY AUSSIES! THEY GIVE THEMSELVES EVERY CHANCE NOW OF MAKING THE SEMI-FINALS! AUSTRALIA MEANWHILE ARE IN DANGER OF GETTING KNOCKED OUT!

19.2 Azmatullah Omarzai to Adam Zampa, AFGHANISTAN WIN!!! Short of a length and angling in, Zampa lifts it to long-on where Mohammad Nabi takes a simple catch. That wraps up a 21-run win for Afghanistan. What a special victory!!!

Adam Zampa c Mohammad Nabi b Azmatullah Omarzai 9 (7b, 1x4, 0x6)

19.1 Azmatullah Omarzai to Adam Zampa, length delivery, Zampa heaves it to the left of deep square-leg for a couple of runs.

Azmatullah Omarzai [1.0-0-8-0] comes back into the attack.

The idea is simple now. Just bowl the balls out and don't do anything fancy. That should do it for Afghanistan!

This is the delivery that started it all! Naveen ul Haq castling Travis Head with a peach of an out-swinger! Check it out.

[Watch] Naveen-ul-Haq knocks over Travis Head with an absolute peach during Australia vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup match

overs

125 /9 score

3nb

runs

Josh Hazlewood *

5 (7)

Adam Zampa

7 (5)

Fazalhaq Farooqi

0 /21

18.6 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Josh Hazlewood, slow and short, Hazlewood backs away and swings hard but he misses it. Free-hit doesn't cost Afghanistan!

Free-hit coming up now! There were only 3 fielders inside the circle!

18.6 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Josh Hazlewood, slower delivery on a length, Hazlewood works it to deep square-leg for a couple of runs. Oh! The umpire signals a no-ball.

18.5 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Adam Zampa, slow and short outside-off, Zampa turns it to the leg-side and takes a single.

Is there life left still in this match? Zampa is not giving up, is he?

18.4 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Adam Zampa, FOUR! Full and wide of off, Zampa slashes and gets a thick outside-edge to fly over backward point for a boundary.

Kishan: Just attack the stumps Farooqi, just attack the stumps! That will do it. Just attack the stumps.

18.3 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Adam Zampa, full and wide of off, Zampa slashes hard but doesn't get bat on ball. No run.

18.2 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Josh Hazlewood, slow, short and wide of off. Hazlewood drags it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

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[Watch] Naveen-ul-Haq knocks over Travis Head with an absolute peach during Australia vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup match

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