In the match between Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea of T20 World Cup 2024, Afghanistan won the match by 7 wickets with Papua New Guinea due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this match, Afghanistan was placed in the first position with 6 points in group C due to its better run rate as compared with West Indies as per the points table of T20 World Cup 2024.

Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl first thus Papua New Guinea first batted and was all out at only 95/10 in 19.5 overs due to great bowling by Fazalhaq Farooqi 3/16 (4), Naveen-ul-Haq 2/4 (2.5), and Noor Ahmed 1/13 (4). Kiplin Doriga 26 (32), Alei Nao 13 (19), and Tony Ura 11 (18) were good batting from the Papua New Guinea side. After this inning, Papua New Guinea set a very low target of 96 runs in 20 overs for Afghanistan to win this match.

During chasing, Afghanistan lost 3 wickets, reached the target of 96!runs in 15.1 overs, and won the match by 7 wickets with Papua New Guinea due to good batting by Gulbadin Naib 49* (36), Mohammad Nabi 16* (23), and Azmatullah Omarzai 13 (18). Semo Kamea 1/16 (3),  Noman Vanua 1/18 (3), and Alei Nao 1/26 (4) were good bowling from the Papua New Guinea side.

Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), 3/16 (4), was declared as the Player of the Match due to great performance in bowling.