Match Day

3158dJarrod Kimber

A team of 11 Afridis

Afghanistan are a side who identify with their Pashtun brother in heart, mind and cricket

3161dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

We lost the game, they didn't win it - Sammy

A tetchy Darren Sammy said West Indies' batsmen did not take the responsibility to chase down a rather small target - 124 - against Afghanistan

3161dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

Afghanistan's show of selfie-belief

They don't want to be patronised or praised for potential. Afghanistan want to play Full Members and beat them, just like they did against West Indies

3162dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

Winning will help Afghanistan progression - Inzamam

Having threatened to pull off a win over a big team in their first three matches of the Super 10 stage, Afghanistan finally went ahead and did it against the group-topping West Indies in Nagpur

3163dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

Will use spin to restrict WI - Stanikzai

A slow surface that makes strokeplay difficult and large outfields in Nagpur can be turned into Afghanistan's favour

Held their nerves

No. of first innings totals defended in World T20 lower than Afghanistan's 123 in this match, in a full 20-over game. SL had defended 119 vs NZ in 2012 WT20.

First meet

No. of times West Indies and Afghanistan played an International match against each others, before this match.

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super 10 Group 1
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	4	3	1	6	0.359
ENG	4	3	1	6	0.145
SA	4	2	2	4	0.651
SL	4	1	3	2	-0.461
AFG	4	1	3	2	-0.715
Super 10 Group 2
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NZ	4	4	0	8	1.9
IND	4	3	1	6	-0.305
AUS	4	2	2	4	0.233
PAK	4	1	3	2	-0.093
BAN	4	0	4	0	-1.805
First Round Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
BAN	3	2	0	5	1.938
NED	3	1	1	3	0.154
OMA	3	1	1	3	-1.521
IRE	3	0	2	1	-0.685
First Round Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AFG	3	3	0	6	1.54
ZIM	3	2	1	4	-0.567
SCOT	3	1	2	2	-0.132
HKG	3	0	3	0	-1.017