By Admin 
New Zealand has created history by defeating Afghanistan by 5 wickets. In this match played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 8 February, the Afghan team batted first and scored 182 runs. Gulbadin Naib scored a stormy half-century for Afghanistan. In reply, New Zealand team achieved this target with 13 balls remaining. This is New Zealand’s biggest run chase in T20 World Cup history.
In this match, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. The Afghan team had lost 2 wickets within the powerplay, but Gulbadin Naib and Sediqullah Atal together made a partnership of 79 runs to make a comeback for their team. Gulbadin scored 63 runs in 35 balls. Apart from him, other batsmen played short innings, but no one could score big.
New Zealand created history
Finn Allen and Rachin Ravindra were out on consecutive balls in the second over of the innings. At such a time, New Zealand’s opener Tim Seifert took charge and played a strong half-century of 65 runs. Whereas Glenn Phillips scored 42 runs in 25 balls. Mark Chapman (28) and Daryl Mitchell returned unbeaten after scoring 25 runs in 14 balls. Captain Mitchell Santner also wreaked havoc with the bat, remaining unbeaten on 17 runs in 8 balls.
This is New Zealand’s biggest run chase in T20 World Cup history. Earlier, New Zealand’s most successful run chase in the T20 World Cup was 167 runs, which it achieved against England in the semi-finals of the 2021 World Cup.
At the same time, this is also the biggest run chase against Afghanistan in T20 World Cup history. Earlier, the record of the biggest run chase against Afghanistan was in the name of Sri Lanka, which had defeated the Afghan team by achieving the target of 154 runs in 2016.
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