Australia and Afghanistan locked horns in the nail-biting thriller against each other in the 38th match of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. The match ended up as an exciting thriller as the star all-rounder Rashid Khan kept Afghanistan in the match till the last ball of the match.
Batting first, Australia posted a total of 168 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. On the other side, Afghanistan, who was looking behind the target, was once seeming to cross the line on the back of Rashid Khan's batting heroics. But unfortunately, they fell 5 runs short of the target and lost the match by a margin of four runs.
The brilliant fighting intent of Afghanistan gave a chance to cricket fans to show some amazing creativity on social media which eventually resulted in hilarious memes from the game.
So, here we'll have a look at the top 10 memes from Australia vs Afghanistan game:
Here's a look at the Top 10 memes from Australia vs Afghanistan game:
Reusable meme, steve smith goes for 4 runs off 4 balls #AUSvAFG #AUSvsAFG pic.twitter.com/EdI6zYeJEf
โ Akshat (@AkshatOM10) November 4, 2022
Reusable meme, steve smith goes for 4 runs off 4 balls #AUSvAFG #AUSvsAFG pic.twitter.com/EdI6zYeJEf
โ Akshat (@AkshatOM10) November 4, 2022
Australia ๐ญ๐ #AUSvAFG #T20WorldCup2022 #T20WorldCup #crickettwitter #MEMES pic.twitter.com/UCOOCP2hRT
โ ViRut Pholi (@ViRut_PhoLi) November 4, 2022
As an Englishman, watching #AusvAfg in the #T20WorldCup and getting to cheer the wickets of David Warner and Steve Smith is so familiar and comforting. ๐ pic.twitter.com/jOkZGSRsl6
โ The Toff Dog (@TheToffDog) November 4, 2022
David Warner ๐ค Batting left-handed ๐ค Batting right-handed ๐ค getting cleaned up pic.twitter.com/VapDXU2R8P
โ England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) November 4, 2022
This game #AUSvAFG pic.twitter.com/RDOnCZLEQa
โ Deep Longstop ๐ถ๐ (@deeplongstop) November 4, 2022
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โ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ (@itsmeSehrish) November 4, 2022
David Warner:#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/vDCgS7Fjo1
This game #AUSvAFG pic.twitter.com/RDOnCZLEQa
โ Deep Longstop ๐ถ๐ (@deeplongstop) November 4, 2022
accurate representation of how our mood progressed during this match.#AUSvsAFG #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/w93EpTyNqB
โ australian womens cricket with very little context (@awcwvlc) November 4, 2022
#AUSvsAFG Afghanistan giving it to Australia in Australia in a #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/XUXawQjxny
โ Abhishek Pathak (@gamehhhover) November 4, 2022
Le Afghanistan team to Australia : #AUSvsAFG | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/H5pFDz9MGP
โ แดแด ษช๊ฐ (@iam_atiif) November 4, 2022
Furthermore, discussing the complete action of the match, Australia lost their first wicket only on the score of 22 runs in the form of Cameron Green who could score only 3 runs off two balls. Later on, the brilliant individual knocks of 45 and 54 runs respectively from Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell helped Australia to post a total of 168 runs losing eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Pacer Naveen-ul-Haq ended up as the leading wicket-taker for Afghanistan with three scalps by conceding just 21 runs in his quota of four overs. Naveen was followed by Fazallhaq Farooqi who claimed two wickets at the cost of 29 runs.
While chasing the target, Ibrahim Zadran and Gulbadin Naib played the knocks of 39 and 26 runs respectively. Something that became the headline of the match by an excellent fighting knock from Rashid Khan who smashed 48 runs off just 23 balls with three boundaries and four sixes to his name. But unfortunately, his efforts went in vain as Afghanistan lost the match by four runs.
Glenn Maxwell was adjudged โplayer of the match for his half-century knock in the favour of Australia.