In the important match of the ICCT Twenty World Cup, Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs under the Duckworth-Louis system and thus the Afghan team reached the semi-finals of any World Cup for the first time.
Afghanistan set Bangladesh a target of 116 runs to win, which Bangladesh had to achieve in 12.1 overs to qualify for the semi-finals.
At the end of Afghanistan’s innings, the match was stopped for a while due to rain.
Bangla Tigers could only score 105 runs and the entire team was out.
In the 52nd match of the T20 World Cup, Group One teams Afghanistan and Bangladesh are competing in Kingstown where Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat.
Captain Rashid Khan scored 19 runs, Ibrahim Zardan scored 18 runs and Azmatullah Omar Zai scored 10 runs.
For Bangladesh, Rashad Hussain took 3 wickets, Mustafizur Rehman and Tasin Ahmed took one wicket each.
The teams of Afghanistan and Bangladesh were competing at the Arnswell Ground in Kingstown.
Earlier, in the important match of Group One, India defeated Australia by 24 runs and made it to the semi-finals.