Records for Gurbaz, Ibrahim and Rashid as Afghanistan march into semi-finals

All the key numbers from Afghanistan’s victory in their must-win Super Eight game against Bangladesh in St Vincent

Sampath Bandarupalli25-Jun-20241 Afghanistan’s win in Kingstown was their first against Bangladesh in a World Cup game. The two teams had met four times previously – once in a T20 World Cup (2014) and three times in the ODI World Cup (2015, 2019 and 2023) – and Bangladesh had won all those matches.2 Instances of teams outside of the first eight Full Members to have reached the semi-final of an ICC event before Afghanistan in this T20 World Cup. Kenya made it to the semi-finals in the 2003 ODI World Cup, and so did Bangladesh in the 2017 Champions Trophy.9 Four-plus wicket hauls for Rashid Khan in T20Is, the most by any bowler in the format, surpassing Shakib Al Hasan’s eight. He took his third four-wicket haul in all T20 World Cups during the Super Eight match against Bangladesh – the joint highest in the competition along with Ajantha Mendis, Saeed Ajmal and Anrich Nortje.3 Openers to carry the bat in a men’s T20I, including Litton Das against Afghanistan. Chris Gayle was the first to do it – in the 2009 T20 World Cup semis against Sri Lanka. Richmond Baaleri of Ghana carried his bat through the innings against Botswana in 2023.Related

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442 Partnership runs between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran at this T20 World Cup – the most by a pair in a single edition of the tournament, surpassing 411 runs by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in 2021.Gurbaz and Ibrahim are also the first to share four fifty-plus stands in a T20 World Cup.152 Wickets for Rashid in T20Is. He is only the second bowler to bag 150-plus wickets in T20Is, after Tim Southee (164).5-0 Record of teams batting first in Kingstown at this T20 World Cup. It is the first time that teams batting first have an unbeaten record at a venue in a men’s T20 World Cup.

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