Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan seal semifinal qualification with 8-run win

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.