NZ vs AFG Live Score, Match 14: Afghanistan have started their T20 World Cup campaign with a bang as they registered their second win in as many matches, this time vs New Zealand, to go to top of the points table in Group C. After scoring 160, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan bagged 4 wickets each to dismiss the Kiwis for 75, as they won by 84 runs.
Afghan wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored his second successive half-century of the T20 World Cup to help Afghanistan post a score of 159. After being put to bat first, the Afghan openers started in brisk fashion. However, a late collapse from the middle order saw the Afghan innings finish at 159 as New Zealand came back into the game.
New Zealand vs Afghanistan Live Score
NZ vs AFG Squads
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell. Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips. Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai. Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c). Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.