In the thrillier match between Afghanistan and Australia in super 8 of T20 World Cup 2024, Afghanistan created history and won the match by 21 runs with Australia due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this match, Afghanistan was placed in the third position with 2 points in group 1 as per the points table of T20 World Cup 2024.

Earlier, Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first thus Afghanistan first batted and made a low score of 148/6 in 20 overs due to great bowling by Pat Cummins 3/28 (4), Adam Zampa 2/28 (4), and Marcus Stoinis 1/19 (2). Rahmanullah Gurbaz 60 (49), Ibrahim Zadran 51 (48), and Karim Janat 13 (9) were good batting from the Afghanistan side. After this inning, Afghanistan set a low target of 149 runs in 20 overs for Australia to win this match.

During chasing, Australia was all out at only 127 runs in 19.2 overs and lost the match by 21 runs with Afghanistan due to great bowling by Gulbadin Naib 4/20 (4), Naveen-ul-Haq 3/20 (4), Mohammad Nabi 1/1 (1), Rashid Khan 1/23 (4), and Azmatullah Omarzai 1/10 (1.2). Glenn Maxwell 59 (41), Mitchell Marsh 12 (9), and Marcus Stoinis 11 (17) were good batting from the Afghanistan side.

Gulbadin Naib (AFG), 4/20 (4), was declared as the Player of the Match due to great performance in bowling.