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A big upset was seen in the 8th match of Super-8 in the T-20 World Cup. Afghanistan registered victory over Australia for the first time. The team has broken Australia’s winning streak of 8 consecutive matches in the T20 World Cup.
Excellent bowling was seen in the match. First, Australia restricted Afghanistan to 148 runs after breaking Afghanistan’s opening partnership of 118. Pat Cummins took a hat-trick for the second consecutive match and became the first player to take two hat-tricks in the tournament.
In reply, the Australian team also fell apart in front of the Afghan bowlers. Gulbadin Naib has performed best against Australia. He took 4 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs.
Records made in the match…
1. Pat Cummins became the only player to take two hat-tricks in the T-20 World Cup.
Australia’s Pat Cummins took a hat-trick in the second consecutive match of Super-8 in the T-20 World Cup. He is the first player to take two hat-tricks in a World Cup. He took a hat-trick against Bangladesh in the last match. In this match against Afghanistan, he dismissed Rashid Khan, Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib in three consecutive balls.
2. Australia has won 8 consecutive matches in the T-20 World Cup.
Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs in the Super-8 of T-20 World Cup. With this, Australia’s consecutive winning streak in the T20 World Cup has ended. The team has won 8 consecutive victories including the last and this World Cup. Australia is the first team to do so. England is at second place in this list with 7 wins.
3. Third biggest partnership of T-20 World Cup 2024
T20 World Cup 2024 has been in favor of the bowlers. But still many batsmen performed brilliantly and made long partnerships. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran made the third highest partnership in the match between Australia and Afghanistan. They made a partnership of 118 runs in 95 balls for the first wicket. At the same time, the biggest partnership of this World Cup is also in the name of these two players when they made a partnership of 154 runs against Uganda.
4. Zampa second top Australian wicket taker in one edition of T-20 World Cup
Adam Zampa took two wickets in 4 overs against Afghanistan. With this he equaled his own record of being the second top Australian wicket taker in an edition of the T20 World Cup. He has taken a total of 13 wickets in 6 matches so far. Dirk Nannes is on top in this list with 14 wickets.
5. Best bowling against Australia in T20 World Cup
Australia, the winner of T-20 World Cup 2021, is in great form in this World Cup. But both his class and form failed against Afghanistan’s bowlers. Gulbadin Naib took 4 wickets for 20 runs in his spell of 4 overs. This was the second best bowling performance against the Kangaroos. Earlier, Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had taken 4 wickets for just 16 runs.
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