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Afghanistan has made it to the Super-8 of the T-20 World Cup. The team has defeated Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets.
After winning the toss, Afghanistan decided to bowl. Batting first, Papua New Guinea was all out for 95 runs in 19.5 overs. Fazalhaq Farooqui took 3 wickets for 16 runs in a spell of 4 overs. In reply, Afghanistan chased the target losing 3 wickets in 15.1 overs. Gulbadin Naib played an unbeaten inning of 49 runs.
Papua New Guinea’s innings: 4 batsmen were run out
Excellent bowling was seen from the team. Papua New Guinea scored just 30 runs in the powerplay and lost 5 wickets. After this Chad Soper and Kipling Doriga tried to handle the innings. But, Chad Soper was run out by Noor Ahmed in the 10th over.
The highest partnership of 38 runs was made between Eli Now and Doriga for the 8th wicket. This partnership was broken by Noor Ahmed. He got Doriga LBW for 27 runs. The team could score only 95 runs in 19.5 overs. 4 batsmen of the team were run out. Farooqui took 4 wickets. Whereas, Naveen Ul Haq took 2 wickets. While Noor Ahmed got a success.
Fazalhaq Farooqui took 3 wickets in 4 overs.
Playing XI-11 of both the teams
Papua New Guinea- Asad Wala (Captain), Tony Ura, Lega Siaka, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Chad Soper, Kipling Doriga, Norman Vanua, Eli Nao, John Kariko, Sema Kamiya.
Afghanistan- Rashid Khan (Captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui.