Nivethan Radhakrishnan took three wickets and smashed 66 as Australia won by two wickets against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan were knocked out of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2022 after they lost by 15 runs to England in Antigua.
Afghanistan put on a tremendous show to enter the semifinal of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup by beating Sri Lanka by four runs in Coolidge.
Afghanistan were in fine form as they whitewashed the Netherlands 3-0 in the series in Doha.
Afghanistan scored 124-8 in 20 overs and the Kiwis scored 125-2 in 18.1 overs as the duo of Devon Conway and Kane Williamson ensured victory.
The pace duo of Southee and Boult completely stole the show as they finished the first innings with two and three wickets respectively.
Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi will be optimistic of a fine performance with the bat from his players against New Zealand.
India defeated Afghanistan by 66 runs in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to keep their T20 World Cup 2021 campaign alive.
Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has said that it is wrong to blame the IPL for India’s poor show thus far in the T20 World Cup.
Bowlers Naveen-ul-Haq and Hamid Hassan picked three wickets each to completely dismantle the Namibian batting attack.