T20 World Cup 2024 Stats Review: Rashid Khan's all-round brilliance, other numbers from Afghanistan vs Bangladesh

Afghanistan pulled off a spirited defence and made their way through to the semifinals of the 2024 T20 World Cup after slipping right through Bangladesh in the last Super Eights clash of the ongoing tournament. They will now face South Africa in the Semi-final 1 at Tarouba on Thursday, June 27.

Afghanistan elected to bat first, but the slow nature of the pitch held them back as the Bangladesh bowlers kept striking at the start. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (43 off 55) held one end up, but didn't receive much support from the other end until skipper Rashid Khan (19* off 10) tried to bring some semblance to the total with his blistering cameo.

While Rishad Hossain (3 for 26) did the most damage with the ball for Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman (1/17), Shakib al Hasan (0/19), and Taskin Ahmed (1/12) ran a very tight ship to keep Afghanistan to 115/5 in the first innings.

Fazalhaq Farooqi (1/15) and Naveen-ul-Haq (4/26) struck early in the chase to wobble Bangladesh, but Litton Das (54* off 49) stood his ground and kept guiding Bangladesh to a rain-reduced target of 114 in 19 overs. Even as Das was standing his ground, Rashid Khan (4/23) derailed the chase in the middle overs including dismissing Mahmudullah and Rishad off successive deliveries.

Even with all this carnage, Das was still the biggest threat who seemed to take the Bangla Tigers home, until Gulbadin Naib dismissed Tanzim Hasan. Noor Ahmad (0 for 13) also made life difficult at the crease for the opposition batters. As they were inching close to the target, despite multiple rain breaks, Naveen returned to dismiss Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman on successive deliveries to bring Afghanistan home.

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Here are the major stats from the match:

1 - Rahmanuallah Gurbaz's strike rate of 78.18 is the lowest in a T20 World Cup innings of at least 40 runs. 

1 - Afghanistan's total of 115/5 is the lowest in a T20 World Cup after playing all 20 overs and losing five or less wickets.

2 - Rashid Khan became the second bowler to take 150 wickets in T20Is after Tim Southee. 

1 - At 92 matches, Rashid Khan is the fastest bowler to 150 T20I wickets. 

2 - With his 4-fer, Rashid Khan moved to second place on the list of captains with most wickets in the T20 World Cup. Daniel Vettori leads the chart with 18, while Stuart Broad is next with 11. 

1 - Rashid Khan's 14 are now the most wickets in a single T20 World Cup edition by a captain, going past Daniel Vettori's 11 in 2007

3 - Rashid Khan's bowling figures are the third best by a captain in T20 World Cups.

1 - Rashid Khan is now the only player to take multiple 4-fers as captain in the T20 World Cup.

1 - Fazalhaq Farooqi had equalled the record for the most wickets in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Wanindu Hasaranga in 2021 also took 16.

6 - Rashid Khan is the 6th player to hit three or more sixes, and take three or more wickets in the same T20 World Cup match. Marcus Stoinis had also emulated the feat against Oman earlier in the tournament. Shane Watson is the only player to do it twice.

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1 - This is Afghanistan's first semi-final in any ICC event. This also means that Afghanistan have made a World Cup semifinal before fellow "minor full-members" Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Ireland. Bangladesh had made the semifinals in the 2017 Champions Trophy.