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Afghanistan Create History; Check The Records They Shattered Vs Uganda


Afghanistan won the match against Uganda by 125 runs [X]Afghanistan won the match against Uganda by 125 runs [X]

Afghanistan began their T20 World Cup in style as they defeated Uganda by 125 runs. It was a historic day for the Asian team as they shattered many records on their way to this convincing victory. 

Records broken by Afghanistan

To start with this was the third highest marginal win by runs in the T20 World Cups. Here is a look at the list. 

Team
Opposition
Margin (by runs)
Year
Sri LankaKenya172 2007
South Africa
Scotland1302009
AfghanistanScotland1302021
AfghainstanUganda1252024



As far as winning by runs is concerned, this was the second biggest win for Afghanistan in their T20 World Cup history.

Opposition
Margin (by Runs)
Year
Scotland1302021
Uganda1252024
Namibia622021
Zimbabwe592016
Scotland
142014


Afghanistan managed to restrict Uganda for the fourth lowest total in T20 World Cups (losing all 10 wickets). 

Team
Opposition
Total
Year
Sri LankaNetherlands
392014
Sri Lanka Netherlands442021
EnglandWest Indies552021
AfghanistanUganda
582028
Sri LankaNew Zealand602014



Fazalhaq Farooqi played a huge role in this big win of Afghanistan. His first over gave Uganda a shock from which they failed to recover. He was twice on a hat-trick and in the end finished with five wickets for nine runs. This was the fourth best bowling figure in the T20 World Cup history

Figures
Bowlers
Opposition
Year
6/8Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)Zimbabwe2012
5/3Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka)New Zealand2014
5/6Umar Gul (Pakistan)New Zealand
2009
5/9Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan)Uganda2024
5/10Sam Curran (England)Afghanistan2022


The stage for this massive win was set by the opening duo of Afghanistan. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran stitched 154 runs for the first wicket and that was the primary reason, Afghanistan was able to post 183 runs in their 20 overs. This partnership now stands as the fourth highest opening stand in T20 World Cups. 

Batters
Runs
Opposition
Year
Jos Buttler and Alex Hales170*India2022
Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw168Bangladesh2022
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene166West Indies2010
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran154Uganda2024
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan152*India2021

With so many records broken, this will go down as one of the memorable days in Afghanistan cricketing history. The team has picked up great momentum in their first match of the tournament and now they will try and build on it to qualify into the Super Eight. With New Zealand and West Indies in the same set of teams, it looks tough for Afghainstan, however this big win will boost their confidence before they two take on the two favourites in the group.