Afghanistan vs Australia Live T20 World Cup Match Today 2024 – AUS vs AFG Live Score! AUS vs AFG: Australia face Afghanistan in their T20 World Cup Super 8 fixture, on Sunday in Kingston. Both sides will be looking for a win, in what is a crucial fixture. It is a must-win game for the Afghans to enter the semis. A loss for Afghanistan will mean an end to their World Cup campaign, which has been very promising. Meanwhile, a win will see Afghanistan remain in the competition.
Australia will need to be wary of the pitch, as it could really favours the Afghan spin attack. Speaking ahead of the game, Afghanistan captain Rashid said, “I think there are a few players who are very early in their international careers and they will learn from it. And World Cup is always the biggest stage when you’re playing against the biggest team as well.”
Meanwhile, speaking after toss, Australia’s Josh Hazlewood said, “Didn’t know it was my 50th T20I. (On shifting formats) It’s just about adapting to the conditions. Sometimes, line and length works, other times it’s the yorkers and bouncers. It’s going to be a tough few days, we played on a different island just a couple of days ago and now we’re back, we’re island hopping at the moment. They’ve (Afghanistan) come a long way in the last 3-4 years, we found out in the 2023 WC. Their spinners are key.”
Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: AUS WIN TOSS!
Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Australia captain Marsh won the toss and opted to bowl!
Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: What did the captains say?
Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: After winning the toss, Australia captain Marsh said, “We’re going to bowl first, try and have a read on conditions and have a good night. We know Afghanistan are a good side. We just need to trust our process and enjoy it. Ashton Agar comes in for Mitchell Starc, purely conditions based.”
Meanwhile, Afghanistan captain Rashid said, “To be honest we wanted to bat first. The record of this wicket suggests it becomes harder while chasing, we got what we wanted. What is done is done, can’t think about the past. It’s about the mindset we go in with today, the more you enjoy the better you perform. We’ve spoken about our execution and getting it right. It’s about playing our cricket. Everyone likes to play against big teams, it’s when you get better. Good occassion for us, we get better day by day facing these big teams. We have two changes, Kharote and Janat in for Najibullah Zadran and Hazratullah Zazai.”
Afghanistan Playing XI:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Nangeyalia Kharote, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Australia Playing XI:
David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
