27th T20 World Cup Match
Afghanistan vs. Namibia
The 27th match of the T20 World Cup series between Afghanistan and Namibia was played at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium on Sunday, October 31, 2021, at 3:00 PM. Afghan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and elected to bat first.
It was very important for Afghanistan to win this match, as Afghanistan has a much better run rate than the rest of the senior teams in the group.
The Afghan openers started batting as planned and managed to get a big target on board. For Afghanistan, wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shehzad batted well and played an innings of 45 off 33 balls, offensive batsman Hazratullah Zazai scored 33 off 27 balls while captain Mohammad Nabi scored 32 off 17 balls in the Innings.
Afghanistan scored 160 for 5 in the allotted 20 overs and gave Namibia a target of 161 to win the match.
For Namibia, Nickel Lofty Eaton took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs, Robin Trumpplman took 2 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs and proved to be an expensive bowler while JJ Smith took 1 wicket for 22 runs in 3 overs.
Namibian team started a disappointing inning, batsmen were out early, no player was able to bat responsibly, David wese scored 26 off 30 balls, Nickel Lofty Eaton scored 14 off 16 balls while Robin Trumplman scored 12 not out off 9 balls.
Namibia scored just 98 runs in the allotted 20 overs at the loss of 9 wickets.
Afghanistan bowled well, Hamid Hassan took 3 wickets for just 9 runs in 4 overs, Naveedul Haq took 3 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs while Gulbuddin NAB took 2 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs.
Afghanistan defeated Namibia by 62 runs in the main match of Super-12 and claimed 2 more points.
Afghanistan is in the second position in the group with 4 points.
Naveed-ul-Haq was named Man of the Match for his excellent bowling in the match.
28th T20 World Cup Match
India vs. New Zealand
The 28th match of the T20 World Cup series between India and New Zealand was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, October 31, 2021, at 7:00 PM. Black Cape captain Williamson won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Today's match was very important for both the teams as Pakistan had defeated India first in the Super-12 stage and then in the second match also defeated a strong team like New Zealand. Both teams wanted to win the match anyway.
Experts believe that India's batting line is strong enough, India will easily win the match, India made a disappointing start to the innings.
India's experienced batsman Rohit Sharma, who is known for his run-scoring machine, got out and went to the dressing room, then captain Virat Kohli arrived on the grease, who is considered to be the best batsman in the world of cricket, got out batting substandardly, India's early batsmen batted disappointingly, India's all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja batted well and played a not-out inning of 26 off 19 balls, while another all-rounder Hardik Pandya was dismissed for 23 off 24 balls while KL Rahul scored only 18 runs off 16 balls.
India scored 110 runs for 7 in 20 overs and set a target of 111 runs for New Zealand to win. Cricket experts were surprised to see a strong batting line like India, that a strong batting line like India could score only 110 runs. Cricket expert looks very unhappy and surprised by India's substandard batting.
New Zealand bowled well in today's match, New Zealand fast bowler Trent Bolt bowled well and bowled 3 wickets for just 20 runs in 4 overs, Ish Southee bowled 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs, While Tim Southee bowled 1 wicket for 26 runs in 4 overs.
The New Zealand team carefully chased a small target and tried to take the least number of wickets in the first 6 overs. Opening batsman Martin Guptill attacked the Indian bowlers and was dismissed for 20 off 27 balls, Captain Ken Williamson, the second-ranked batsman, started batting responsibly and scored 33 not out off 31 balls, an aggressive batsman Daryl Mitchell, who played excellent innings and washed the Indian bowlers well and was dismissed for 49 off 35 balls.
The New Zealand team scored 111 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 14.3 overs and won the match by 8 wickets with 33 balls left in the innings.
The performance of the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2021 was disappointing. After losing the opening matches to two strong teams, India will try to win the matches against the other three weak teams.
India's run rate in Super-12 is negative, it seems impossible for India to reach the semi-finals, we have to see how the Indian team performs in the upcoming matches.
Ish Southee was named Man of the Match by New Zealand for his excellent bowling.
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