Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by eight runs in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 match played at Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St. Vincent, on Tuesday (June 25) to book a place in the semifinals of the ongoing shortest format mega-event. The Rashid Khan-led side needed a win over the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led side to pip Australia in the Group 1 points table and finish in the top two, and they managed to achieve the objective by successfully defending the total of 115 runs.
The win over Bangladesh helped Afghanistan qualify for the T20 World Cup semifinals for the first time in history, and in the knockouts, they are joined by defending champions England, world No. 1 T20I team India, and South Africa.
While England became the first team to qualify for the semifinals after getting the better of the United States of America by 10 wickets on Sunday (June 23), India and South Africa topped Groups 1 and 2, respectively.
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Here’s all you need to know about the semifinals of the T20 World Cup 2024:
Venues for the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinals
- Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
- Providence Stadium, Guyana
Squads
- India: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
- England: Jos Buttler (C & WK), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Philip Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood
- South Africa: Aiden Markram (C), Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (WK), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, Ryan Rickelton, Bjorn Fortuin, Ottneil Baartman
- Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Najibullah Zadran, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Ishaq
Live streaming and telecast details of the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinals in India
