Melbourne: In the T20 World Cup 2022, the chances of host Australia reaching the semi-finals are still there. In the match played at the Adelaide Oval on Friday (November 4), Australia sweated to win against Afghanistan, the Kangaroo team could win the match by barely 4 runs. Batting first, the Australian team scored 168 runs for 8 wickets. In reply, the Afghanistan team struggled strongly, but could only score 164 runs for 7 wickets and lost the thrilling match by 4 runs.
However, Australia will now pray for Sri Lanka's victory to reach the semifinals. If Sri Lanka beat England, the Kangaroo team will reach the semi-finals. If Sri Lanka loses, England will reach the Super-4, because their net-run rate is better than Australia's. After winning against Sri Lanka, England's net-run rate will be better.
Rashid Khan fought till the end:-
At the same time, talking about the match between Australia and Afghanistan, Afghanistan needed 26 runs to win in the last over and Rashid Khan was on strike. Khan first hit a four off the second ball and a six off the fourth ball to make the contest interesting. But he could only score six runs off the last two balls. Rashid Khan scored an unbeaten 48 off 23 balls, which included three fours and four sixes, but the team was just 4 runs away from the target.
Afghanistan had a great start to the chase and was in a strong position at 99 for two in 13 overs at one stage. Gulbadin Naib and Ibrahim Zadran were set and playing great cricket. But in the next over bowled by Adam Zampa, Afghanistan's three wickets fell, after which the Afghan team came on the back foot. Gulbadin Naib contributed 39 and Ibrahim Zadran contributed 26 runs. At the same time, Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood took two wickets each from Australia.
Earlier, after winning the toss and batting first, the Australian team had a poor start and lost three wickets to a total score of 54 runs. David Warner (25), Cameron Green (3) and Steve Smith (4) of the Kangaroo team could not do anything special. Later, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell played some useful knocks to take Australia to 168.
Maxwell scored an unbeaten 54 off 32 balls with six fours and two sixes. Mitchell Marsh scored 45 runs off 30 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes and Marcus Stoinis scored 25 runs off 21 balls. During this time, Maxwell and Stoinis added 53 runs for the 5th wicket. For Afghanistan, Naveen-ul-Haq bowled well and took three wickets for just 21 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Fazalhaq Farooqui also took two wickets for 29 runs.
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