[Watch] Marcus Stoinis gives a funny sendoff to Rahmanullah Gurbaz by flapping hands in AFG vs AUS 2024 T20 World Cup match
Marcus Stoinis gave a funny sendoff to Rahmanullah Gurbaz by flapping his hands as Australia struck after 95 balls in the 2024 T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan at Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St. Vincent on Saturday, June 22. With the dismissal, Stoinis broke the 118-run partnership between Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran for the opening wicket. Gurbaz departed after scoring 60 runs off 49 balls with the help of four sixes and as many boundaries.
The dismissal came in the 16th over of Afghanistan’s innings. Stoinis bowled a length ball and Gurbaz danced down the track to heave it across the line. The right-hander got the ball high on the bat and holed out to deep square leg. Following the dismissal, Stoinis gave a sendoff to Gurbaz by gesturing towards the dressing room with flapping hands.
Sharing the video on Instagram, the ICC captioned the post:
"The Aussie all-rounder really loved that one."
Watch the video below:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been exceptional with the bat in the competition so far. The wicketkeeper-batter recently smashed 76 (45) and 80 (56) against Uganda and New Zealand, respectively.
Afghanistan set 149-run target for Australia in 2024 T20 World Cup Super-8 clash
A clinical batting display from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran helped Afghanistan post 148/6 against Australia in their 2024 T20 World Cup Super-8 clash. Apart from Gurbaz, Ibrahim scored 51 off 48 deliveries, hitting six boundaries.
Afghanistan, however, suffered a middle-order collapse. Karim Janat (13 off nine) and Mohammad Nabi (10 off four) were the other batters to reach double digits.
Pat Cummins starred with the ball for Australia, picking up his second hat-trick of the ongoing ICC event, finishing with exceptional figures of 3/28, while Adam Zampa bagged two wickets.
At the time of writing, Australia were 12/1 after two overs, with David Warner and Mitchell Marsh at the crease. Naveen-ul-Haq cleaned up Travis Head for a three-ball duck.
Afghanistan must beat Australia to stay alive in the race to the 2024 T20 World Cup knockouts after losing to India in their opening Super-8 clash by 47 runs. Meanwhile, Australia beat Bangladesh by 28 runs via the DLS method in a rain-interrupted game.
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