T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 8 runs; reach the semi-finals for the first time

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Afghanistan team made history under the captaincy of Rashid Khan at St. Vincent Stadium in West Indies. Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh and made it to the semi-finals for the first time in World Cup history.

Afghanistan team made history under the captaincy of Rashid Khan at St. Vincent Stadium in West Indies. Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh and made it to the semi-finals for the first time in World Cup history.

With Afghanistan victory, Australia hopes of reaching the semi-finals ended. Australia won only one of the 3 Super-8 matches and has 2 points. Afghanistan won 2 matches and entered the semi-finals with 4 points.

 Now Afghanistan semi-final match will be against South Africa on 27th June at 6 am in Trinidad. Team India will play the semi-final against England in Guyana at 8 pm on the same day.

In today match against Bangladesh, Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first. Afghanistan gave a target of 115 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored the highest 43 runs.

Wickets of Bangladesh team, which was chasing the runs, kept falling continuously. Liton Das was the only one fighting. Liton scored 54 runs, but no batsman could stay at the other end. Bangladesh team was all out for 105 runs.

Afghanistan pacer Naveen Ul Haq took 2 consecutive wickets in the 18th over and won the match for Afghanistan. Captain Rashid also took 4 wickets in this match.

Bangladesh team had completely taken control of the match. But Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib turned the tables. Both the bowlers took 4 wickets each. At the same time, Gulbadin Naib also gave a wicket to the team. After the victory, the Afghanistan team was seen in tears of joy. At the same time, with this victory, this team has also bid farewell to Australia from the World Cup. For the first time in history, the Afghanistan team has qualified for the semi-finals in the T20 World Cup.

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