In the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match, Afghanistan defeated the Papua New Guinea team and qualified for the Super 8 stage, ending New Zealand's journey in the World Cup.

Match Details The match between the two teams in Group C was played at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Tarouba. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to field first.

Afghanistan Batting In the 29th match of the ICC Men T20 World Cup, Papua New Guinea set a target of 96 runs for Afghanistan, which Afghanistan achieved in 15.1 overs with the loss of 3 wickets.

Gulbadin Naib was the standout batsman for Afghanistan, scoring an unbeaten 49 runs. Mohammad Nabi remained not out at 16, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Azmatullah Omarzai scored 11 and 13 runs, respectively. For Papua New Guinea, Eli Nao, Semo Kamea, and Norman each took one wicket.

Before this match, Afghanistan had played 2 matches in their group and won both. Afghanistan defeated Uganda by 125 runs in their first match and New Zealand by 84 runs in their second match.

Papua New Guinea Innings Earlier, upon Afghanistan invitation, Papua New Guinea started batting, which proved to be a disaster. Captain Assad Vala was run out for 12 runs. Following him, Lega Siaka got out without scoring, and Sese Bau followed suit. Hiri Hiri just made a round trip to the crease before returning to the pavilion.

Kaplan Doriga was the top scorer with an innings of 27 runs. Eli Nao scored 13, Tony Ura 11, and Chad Soper 9 runs. Thus, the entire Papua New Guinea team was all out in the final over for 95 runs.

For Afghanistan, Fazalhaq Farooqi took 3 wickets, Naveen-ul-Haq took 2, and Noor Ahmad took 1 wicket.

Afghanistan Squad The Afghanistan team is captained by Rashid Khan. The squad includes Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, and Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Papua New Guinea Squad The Papua New Guinea team is led by Assad Vala. Other players include Tony Ura, Lega Siaka, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Chad Soper, Kaplan Doriga, Johan Kariko, Norman Vanua, Eli Nao, and Semo Ago Kamea.