T20 World Cup 2022: Australia defeated Afghanistan by just 4 runs

• Rashid Khan’s blazing 48 off just 23 balls right at the end sent off some fireworks
• Australia defeated Afghanistan by just 4 runs
• Sri Lanka must defeat England if Australia is to advance

Australia defeated Afghanistan by the thinnest of margins in a thrilling match. Rashid Khan’s blazing 48 off just 23 balls right at the end sent off some fireworks.

They were outscored by four runs, though. Australia, on the other hand, was more concerned with the straightforward matter of making it to the World Cup Semifinals.

Throughout the entire game, there was pressure. When Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis were batting together during their batting session, they appeared to be capable of scoring 200 runs, but they fell victim to some outstanding death bowling by Naveen-ul-Haq, whose four overs resulted in 21 runs and three wickets.

After a significant partnership between Gulbadin Naib (39/23) and Ibrahim Zaidan (26/33) in their bowling innings, Australia brought themselves back into the game when Afghanistan was 101/5. Rashid tonked a few, though, and the pendulum began to swing once again. Overall, the Australians’ hopes of making the semifinals are now in jeopardy after another weak showing.

Tomorrow at the SCG, Sri Lanka must defeat England if Australia is to advance. If not, the defending champions would be eliminated.

A brilliant fight from Afghanistan, but Australia come out on top in Adelaide 💪#AUSvAFG | #T20WorldCup | 📝: https://t.co/p7lkYsEkcs pic.twitter.com/3jppExEaL1

— ICC (@ICC) November 4, 2022

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What a fight! 🙌

Afghanistan were #InItToWinIt till the very end 💪@royalstaglil | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/oFn6kGbZaQ

— ICC (@ICC) November 4, 2022

Playing XIs:

Australia: Aaron Finch (c)/Cameron Green, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Waade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Gulabadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi (c), Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarazi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

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