Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: THEY HAVE DONE IT! AFGHANISTAN ARE THROUGH! THEY ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMIFINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! What a massive moment for Afghanistan cricket and for T20 cricket overall.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Play resumes again. Just one wicket left for Afghanistan, who are 3 runs ahead on DLS. And Bangladesh need Litton Das on strike for the last nine runs or for the next eight balls. BAN 105/9 in 17.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Naveen-ul-Haq does it. There was dropped catch in the previous ball, but he bounced back quickly to dismiss Taskin. And it has started to rain again. BAN 105/9 in 17.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Bangladesh get past the triple-figure mark. They now need 13 runs from the last 15 balls with two wickets in hand to secure their only win in the Super Eight stage. BAN 100/8 in 16.2 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Litton Das scores his 11th fifty in T20Is. What a fighting knock! It is him who is standing between Afghanistan and a semifinal qualification. BAN 98/8 in 11.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Recovering from the supposed hamstring injury, Gulbadin Naib dismisses Tanzim Hasan as Afghanistan stand 2 wickets away from a maiden semifinal qualification. BAN 92/8 in 14.2 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Bangladesh are officially out of the race to make the semifinals of the 2024 T20 World Cup having failed to chase down the target in 12.1 overs. They still need 26 runs to win from 36 balls, which could send Australia to the semis while Afghanistan need three more wickets to qualify. BAN 88/7 in 13 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Covers are off and play is all set to resume. Are we losing overs? 1 over lost I guess. The revised target would then be 114. Meanwhile, Naib has not taken the field. Najibullah is on as the substitute. BAN 81/7 in 11.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Just when it started drizzling again, Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott was seen signalling the players to slow it down given that they are ahead as per DLS score. And then suddenly Naib fell to the ground clutching his hamstring. Rashid was not at all happy and neither was Litton Das. BAN 81/7 in 11.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Yet another rain delay in Kingstown. Meanwhile, Afghanistan are ahead in DLS score. BAN 81/7 in 11.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Mahmudullah departs after scoring just 6 runs in nine balls. Afghanistan reviewed it and were spot on. And then Rashid strikes yet again in the very next ball. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH BANGLADESH? BAN 80/7 in 11 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Bangladesh are still alive in the match with back-to-back fours from Litton Das against Rashid and a four from new batter Mahmudullah. They are ahead of the DLS par score, but just behind on the asking rate. Remember, they need to chase it down in 12.1 overs to make the semis. BAN 77/5 in 10 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Rashid Khan returned for his second over and picked up yet another wicket in the opening delivery as he got rid of Towhid Hridoy (14 off 9). After smashing back-to-back fours against Nabi, he looked to take down Rashid for a six over cow corner as he hit against the wind, but holed it out to the fielder in the deep. BAN 64/5 in 8.2 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Rashid Khan picked up his first wicket as he dismissed Soumya Sarkar. He took a couple of deliveries to adjust to the left-hander before taking him down with a quicker leg-break delivery. BAN 51/4 in 7 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Mohammad Nabi from the other end and he delivered a tidy three-run over as Afghanistan are looking to put a brake on the scoring rate to pressure on Bangladesh in the chase. BAN 46/3 in 6 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Litton Das is looking good here as he smashed Naveen-ul-Haq for a boundary after the rain break. 7 runs came off the fifth over. The current run rate is well over 8 at the moment. BAN 43/3 in 5 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: The chase resumes as Litton Das and Soumya Sarkar are in the middle. Fazalhaq Farooqi has the ball in hand.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: The match will resume at 09:13 AM IST and the good news is no overs have been lost. It is going to be a tricky task for the both sides after the rain.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: It seems like the rain has eased out a bit at the moment and the groundstaff are waiting for the orders to remove the covers.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Rain strikes again as the players are running back towards the pavilions. The covers are on as the rain is getting heavier. BAN 31/3 in 3.2 overs vs AFG (115/5

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Two in Two for Naveen-ul-Haq! Big over for Afghanistan as Naveen gets the better of Najmul Shanto (5) and Shakib Al Hasan (0) on back-to-back deliveries to put Bangladesh on the mat. Afghanistan are all over Bangladesh at the moment as things are not looking good for the batting side. BAN 23/3 in 2.5 overs vs AFG (115/5)

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Fazalhaq Farooqi draws the first blood and gets the wicket of Tanzid Hasan. The ball swung back in and hit the pads, meanwhile, Tanzid also opted for review to survive but it didn't help him much. BAN 17/1 in 1.3 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Rahmanullah Gurbaz has injured his knee and coming out of the ground. The reserve keeper is in the middle to replace him.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Litton Das displayed his intentions right from the first over as he threw his bat on the wide delivery to smash Naveen-ul-Haq in the first over for a six and a four. Bangladesh are on a mission here to do something special. BAN 13/0 in 1 over

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: The play resumes as Bangladesh openers Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan are in the middle to start the 116-run chase.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: The covers are coming off as the rain has stopped, but it might take some for the ground staff to get the ground ready. Arnos Vale Ground has a decent drainage system which will come in handy here in this situation.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Bangladesh have a big chance to make it to the semi-final here as they need to chase the 116-run target in 12.1 overs to better the NRR of Australia and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: It has started raining in St Vincent now and the ground staff are running in the middle to cover the ground. Australia should start praying for the rain to stop because if the match gets washed out, they will get eliminated and Afghanistan will go through.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Rashid Khan finishes it off in style with maximum here - a much-needed six to finish the innings. 15 runs came off the final over which might give a psychological advantage to the Afghan side. Rashid remains unbeaten on 19 off 10 balls - the only batter who played a T20 knock for Afghan today. Afghanistan post 115/5 (R Gurbaz 43; R Hossain 3/26) in 20 overs vs Bangladesh in Kingstown

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Sensational penultimate over from Mustafizur Rahman as only one run came off the over. 100 up for Afghanistan but it with only over left. They might regret the dot balls - 60-plus in the innings break. AFG 100/5 in 19 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: The wickets keep coming for Bangladesh in the second half of the innings as Taskin Ahmed gets his first and dismisses Mohammad Nabi for just 1. Nothing is going in Afghanistan's favour at the moment as 125 looks difficult from here at the moment. AFG 93/5 in 17.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Two wickets in an over from Rishad Hossain as this time he gets the dangerous Gulbadin Naib. The Afghan all-rounder also went for the same shot as Gurbaz and Soumya Sarkar grabbed another - a better one this time. AFG 89/4 in 16.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Rahmanullah Gurbaz went for a big shot but got caught by Soumya Sarkar. The Afghan opener went for a big shot but failed to find the gap and missed his half-century here. Nothing is going in Afghanistan's favour at the moment. AFG 88/3 in 16.1 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: OUT! Mustafizur Rahman gets the crucial wicket as Azmatullah Omarzai tried to cut it but only edged it behind the stumps to Litton Das. It was bound to happen at this stage of the game as Afghan batters need to break the shackles. AFG 84/2 in 15.5 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Shakib Al Hasan finished his spell with another tight over as five runs came off it. The wind is not allowing the batters to play their natural game as the scoring rate continues to stay under 6. AFG 80/1 in 15 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Finally a big over for Afghanistan as 15 runs came off the 14th over. Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit a couple of boundaries to break the shackles which was the need of the hour. They need to score anything near 130 from here to give bowlers something to fight for. AFG 75/1 in 14 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: The snooze fest continues… Three runs came off Shakib Al Hasan's over. It is tough to play the aerial shots against the wind but it's the dot balls which are hurting the Afghanistan batters at the moment. AFG 62/1 in 13 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Maiden over from Taskin Ahmed as nothing is going in Afghanistan's way at the moment. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is struggling here and it's high time he needs to break the shackles as only eight overs are left and the current run rate is below 5. AFG 59/1 in 12 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Bangladesh finally get the first wicket as Rishad Hossain provides them the breakthrough by dismissing Ibrahim Zadran. The Afghan opener went for a big shot but mistimed it ciompletly and got caught by Tanzim Hasan Sakib. AFG 59/1 in 10.4 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Four runs came off Mustafizur Rahman's second over as the Afghan openers are still struggling to get going. Bangladesh failed to take any wicket in the first half of the innings but they managed to put brake on their scoring rate. AFG 58/0 in 10 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Tight over from Rishad Hossain as only seven runs came off it. Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz are both striking at below 90 rate at the moment which is a concerning sign. They need to find a way to manufacture boundaries. AFG 55/0 in 9 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: 5wides by Taniz Hasan helped Bangladesh to up the ante and collect 11 runs off the over. It's not an easy surface to bat on but the Afghan openers now need to go for big shots as other batters are also waiting in the dressing room. AFG 47/0 in 8 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024, AFG vs BAN: Rahmanullah Gurbaz finally breaks the shackles as he charges down the ground to smash Shakib Al Hasan for a maximum. 9 runs came off the over. The current run rate is still below 6 which is a concerning sign. AFG 36/0 in 7 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Mustafizur Rahman from the other end and four runs came off the over. Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit a boundary but failed to make it a big over. Too many dot balls are hurting Afghanistan here as their current run rate is below 5. AFG 27/0 in 6 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: A couple of tight overs from Bangladesh as only seven runs came of the last two. The Afghan openers have failed to fire in the powerplay and the pressure is mounting on them to break the shackles. A wicket from here will put them on the mat. AFG 23/0 in 5 overs

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Ibrahim Zadran hits the first boundary of the match as it turned out to be a good over for the Afghans. 11 runs came off the over and they need to continue this momentum to up their run rate which is still under 6 at the moment. AFG 16/0 in 3 overs

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Another tight over from Bangladesh as only two runs came off Taskin Ahmed's first. Good start from Bangladesh with the ball as they have managed to keep the Afghan openers quiet thus far with their disciplined line and length. AFG 5/0 in 2 overs

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Some action straightaway as Rahmanullah Gurbaz stole a tricky run on the first ball. Meanwhile, a tidy over from Tanzid Hasan started the proceedings, as only three runs came off it. There is some assistance for the bowlers on this surface. AFG 3/0 in 1 over

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are now in the middle to open the innings. Tanzim Hasan has the ball in hand.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: The players are out in the middle for the national anthems of their respective nations.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan is all pumped for the all-important clash against Bangladesh.

“We have got the best opportunity to be in the semifinal. We should make sure that we do our basics right and enjoy. Everyone is pumped up. That victory (against Australia) gave us so much energy,” Rashid said at the toss.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh (Playing XI): Litton Das(w), Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan wins the toss and elects to bat first against Bangladesh in St Vincent. Rashid Khan and co. go unchanged for the crucial clash.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: The Afghan side is riding high on confidence after outclassing Australia in their last match. It was their first-ever win over the Aussies in international cricket and it also kept them alive in the semis race. They would fancy their chances against an underfire Bangladesh, who seemed happy just to progress to the Super Eights.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh have struggled with their batting throughout the tournament. The lack of power-hitters has also hurt them. The underwhelming performance of opener Litton Das and Tanzid Khan has also compounded their woes. However, Towid Hridoy and leg-spinner Rishad Hossain have impressed with their performance.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh are still alive in the semis race - they have to beat the Afghan side by 62 runs (having scored 160, say) or win in 12.5 overs (chasing 160), which will take their NRR above Australia and Afghanistan.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: The equation is simple for Rashid Khan's Afghanistan, who have a negative net run rate of -0.650. The Afghans will topple Australia from the second place in Group 1 if they beat Bangladesh and advance to the final four, irrespective of what their NRR is, since they will end up with four points.

The two Asian teams have faced each other 11 times in the shortest format of the game, where Afghanistan have a slight edge over the Bangla Tigers with six wins over them in reply to five. Meanwhile, Bangladesh held an advantage over them in T20 World Cup as they won the lone clash when the two faced in the mega ICC event.

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