Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs in a rain truncated match which saw the Afghan team reach their first semifinal in history. The loss for Bangladesh also meant that 2021 champions Australia were knocked out.

Riding on their captain Rashid Khan’s fantastic cameo, Afghanistan have managed to post 115/5 at the end of their 20 overs against Bangladesh in their last Super Eight match at the St Vincent on Tuesday. Rashid scored a brisk 10-ball 19, including three sixes to help his team reach a respectable total.

Opting to bat first, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran got Afghanistan off to a steady start. They played cautiously as those weren’t easy conditions to bat. The Bangladesh bowlers bowled tight lines and lengths and barring those three sixes at the fag end from Rashid, the Bangladesh batters never got going.

If there won’t be any cricket due to rain, Afghanistan will qualify for the semifinals. Bangladesh will have to chase down the total in 12.1 overs in order to surpass Australia and Afghanistan in terms of net run rate and head into the semifinals.