AFG vs PNG Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets to enter Super Eights – The Times of India

09:08 (IST), Jun 14

Earlier in the game, The Afghan bowlers came out all guns blazing, and PNG’s top order was blown away early in their innings. Fazalhaq Farooqi was the chief destroyer, striking double blows in his very first over to leave PNG reeling. With wickets tumbling like ninepins, the Papua New Guinea batters found themselves on a sticky wicket at 17/4, as they failed to cope with the fiery Afghan pace attack. Naveen-ul-Haq also joined the party, chipping in with a crucial couple of wickets. To add to PNG’s misery, they also suffered four run outs and went down in tatters. Kipling Doriga and Alei Nao stitched a good little partnership that added 38 runs together but couldn’t cross the three figures. Into the chase, Afghanistan was challenged early on as both the openers fell within a short span of time but Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib ensured they don’t get under pressure and with Mohammad Nabi’s crucial contributions, Afghanistan leaped ahead and registered their third win.