The 33rd match of Icc T20 world cup 2021 was played between India vs Afghanistan yesterday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. India won against Afghanistan by 66 runs.
Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl first. India had a great start. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma made 140 runs opening partnership in 14.4 overs. KL Rahul scored 69 runs in 48 balls including 6 fours and 2 sixes. Rohit Sharma scored 74 runs in 47 balls including 8 fours and 3 sixes. After breaking their partnership Rishab Pant and Hardik Pandya made 63 runs partnership and both remained unbeaten. Rishab Pant scored 27 runs in 13 balls including a four and 3 sixes. Hardik Pandya scored 35 runs in 13 balls including 4 fours and 3 sixes. Finally India scored total 210 runs by 2 wickets. Afghan bowlers performed very poor. Gulbadin Naib and Karim Janat each took one wicket.
In reply Afghanistan continuously lossing wickets to chase down the big target. Finally Afghanistan scored total 144 runs by 7 wickets. Afghan all rounder Mohammad Nabi scored 35 runs in 32 balls including 2 fours and a six. Karim Janat scored unbeaten 42 runs in 22 balls including 3 fours and 2 sixes. Indian pacer Mohammad Sami picked up 3 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin performed great and took 2 wickets only for 14 runs in 4 overs. Jusprit Bumrah and Ravendra Jadeja each took one wicket. Rohit Sharma was player of the match.
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Newzealand played against Scotland on 32nd match of the Icc T20 world cup 2021 and beat Scotland by 16 runs. Scotland won the toss and invited Newzealand to bat first. Newzealand have lost their top orders early. They have lost total 3 wickets just for scoring 52 runs. Then Glenn Phillips came out and made 105 runs partnership with Martin Guptill. Phillips scored 33 runs in 37 balls including a six. Martin Guptill played an aggressive innings and scored 93 runs in 56 balls including 6 fours and 7 big sixes. Finally Newzealand scored total 172 runs by 5 wickets. Scotish bowler Bradley Wheal and Safyaan Sharif each took two wickets. Mark Watt took one wicket.
In reply Scotland stated well. They did team work but finally failed to chase down the big target. George Munsey scored 22 runs, Matthew Cross 27 runs and Richie Berrington runs but they played slow innings and finally it was very difficult for others batsman to chase down the target. Michael Leask played an attacking innings of 42 runs in 20 balls including 3 fours and 3 sixes and finally remained unbeaten. Trent Boult and Ish Sodhi each picked up two wickets. Tim Southee tool one wicket. Martin Guptill was player of the match for his outstanding innings.