In the T20 World Cup 2024, a big upset was seen in the match played between New Zealand and Afghanistan in Group C in which the Afghan team managed to defeat the Kiwis by the biggest margin of runs in their T20 World Cup history. In this match, the leg spin bowling of Afghanistan team captain Rashid Khan was seen in which he took a total of 4 wickets in the match. With this victory, Afghanistan team has reached the top of its group with 4 points. At the same time, Rashid Khan also achieved a big position as a captain in which he has now become the player who has bowled the best in a match as a captain in the history of T20 World Cup.
Rashid Khan broke Daniel Vettori’s record
Batting first in this match, the Afghanistan team scored a total of 159 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs, in which Rahmunallah Gurbaz scored 80 runs. Whereas captain Rashid Khan played an important role in bowling in helping the team win. In this match, Rashid made Kiwi team captain Kane Williamson his victim on the very first ball of his first over, after which he also took the wickets of Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell and Lockie Ferguson. Rashid took a total of 4 wickets while giving only 17 runs in his 4 overs bowling and also became the bowler who bowled the best in a match as a captain in the history of T20 World Cup, before this this record was held by the former captain of New Zealand team. It was named after Daniel Vettori who had taken 4 wickets for 20 runs in the match against India in 2007.
The player who bowled the best in a match as captain in the history of T20 World Cup.
Rashid Khan – 4 wickets for 17 runs (vs New Zealand, year 2024)
Daniel Vettori – 4 wickets for 20 runs (vs India, 2007)
Zeesan Maqsood – 4 wickets for 20 runs (vs Papua New Guinea, year 2021)
Stuart Broad – 3 wickets for 24 runs (vs Netherlands, 2014)