New Zealand vs Afghanistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: New Zealand beat Afghanistan to enter semis; India knocked out
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 17, 2022, 14:32:19 IST
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New Zealand vs Afghanistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: New Zealand beat Afghanistan to enter semis; India knocked out

New Zealand reached the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Afghanistan on Sunday, a result that eliminated India from the contest. Chasing a modest 125, skipper Kane Williamson (40) and Devon Conway (36) put on an unbeaten stand of 68 to drive the team home in 18.1 overs in Abu Dhabi. The Kiwis join Pakistan as the two teams in the semi-finals from Group 2 with eight points each, leaving India's final match against Namibia on Monday a dead rubber. England and Australia had already made the semi-finals from Group 1. The semi-final match-ups will be decided after Pakistan play Scotland in the second match of the day.
16:58 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 18.3: WICKET!
THAT's OUT! Boult takes another wicket. Karim Janat departs for 2. Easy catch by Ish Sodhi.
16:57 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 18.2: WICKET! Najibullah departs
WICKET! Trent Boult ends Najibullah Zadran's stay at 73 runs. He hits this hard once again. Jimmy Neesham takes a brilliant running catch at the boundary ropes. What an innings from the Afghan batsman. 6 fours and 3 sixes for him.
16:55 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 18.1: FOUR!
FOUR! Najibullah moves to 73 with a boundary towards fine leg off Trent Boult
16:54 (IST) Nov 07
Karim Janat comes to the crease
16:54 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 18: WICKET! Nabi falls
Caught & Bowled! Southee takes an easy follow through catch. Nabi falls for 14 runs.
16:52 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 17.4: FOUR!
Short from Southee. Najibullah goes for a pull, gets a top edge and the ball races towards fine leg fence. Runs are coming for Afghanistan. AFG 114/4
16:51 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 17.2: SIX!
Outside off from Southee. Najibullah slaps this over long off fence. Such a powerful shot. Not an easy shot to play. The partnership between Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi is now 50 runs.
16:48 (IST) Nov 07
100 comes up!
100 comes up for Afghanistan in 16.4 overs.
16:44 (IST) Nov 07
FIGHTING FIFTY!
16:43 (IST) Nov 07
After 15 overs | Afghanistan 91/4 | Run rate - 6.07
After 15 overs | Afghanistan 91/4 | Run rate - 6.07

Najibullah Zadran 50*, Mohammad Nabi 10*. Final 30 balls to go! Can Afghanistan get closer to 140?

16:41 (IST) Nov 07
Najibullah Zadran on song!
Najibullah Zadran on song!

RUNS: 50*, BALLS 33, 4s: 4, 6s: 2

16:38 (IST) Nov 07
FIFTY! Najibullah Zadran slams half-century
Najibullah Zadran brings up his half-century off 33 balls
16:35 (IST) Nov 07
END of OVER 14: Afghanistan 87/4
19 runs off Santner's over. A very good over for Afghanistan. Najibullah moves to 49 now.
16:34 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 13.4: SIX!
SIX! Najibullah is on fire. He goes for another biggie and this time over deep mid-wicket. A big effort from Phillips. He jumps but fails to collect the ball.
16:32 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 13.1: SIX!
SIX! Najibullah smashes this over Mitchell Santner's head. Superb shot from him.
16:23 (IST) Nov 07
END of OVER 11: Afghanistan 61/4
5 runs off Milne's over.
16:21 (IST) Nov 07
At halfway mark | Afghanistan 56/4 | Run rate - 5.6
At halfway mark | Afghanistan 56/4 | Run rate - 5.6

Najibullah Zadran 27*, Mohammad Nabi 0*. Here's a look at how Afghanistan's innings has progressed in the first 10 overs.

16:19 (IST) Nov 07
Mohammad Nabi comes to the crease
16:18 (IST) Nov 07
STAT ATTACK: Ish Sodhi has struck in his first over into the attack every match in this T20 WC
Fakhar vs Pak (6th ball), Rohit vs Ind (4th ball), Munsey vs Sco (5th ball), Erasmus vs Nam (2nd ball), Gulbadin vs Afg (6th ball)
16:17 (IST) Nov 07
OVERS 10: WICKET! Sodhi castles Gulbadin
WICKET! Ish Sodhi castles Gulbadin Naib for 15 runs. He breaks the partnership. Superb delivery from the spinner. Afghanistan are 4 down now.