Australia has played 4 matches so far in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, winning 2, losing 1, and Abandoning a match by 1 point. With 5 points, they take the 3rd spot( Super-12, Group 1 ) in the points table. Afghanistan has played 4 matches so far, winning 0, losing 2, and Abandoning a match by 2 points. With 2 points, Ireland is placed in the bottom spot( Super-12, Group 1 ).

Australia Defeated Ireland in their previous game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. In the match, AUS batted first and piled up 179-5. In the reply, Ireland couldn’t reach the target and bowled out for 137 runs. Lorcan Tucker slammed 71* runs while Gareth Delany 14 runs for the Ireland team.

For Australia, Aaron Finch and Marcus Stoinis hit 63 and 35 respectively. Aaron Finch was awarded man of the match. Also, 4 AUS bowlers scalped 2 wickets each. Australia won by 42 runs in the match.

Afghanistan suffered a loss against Sri Lanka in their previous game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. In the match, AFG batted first and piled up 144-8. Rahmanullah Gurbaz slammed 28 runs for Usman Ghani and 27 runs for the Afghanistan team.

For Sri Lanka, the chase was quite easy. With Dhananjaya de Silva’s 66 and Kusal Mendis’s 25, SL reached the target in the 18.3th over itself with 4 wickets in their kitty. Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva was awarded man of the match for picking 3 wickets. Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) in the match.

Australia has never played against Afghanistan and this will be the first time in cricket history that Australia will face Afghanistan in a T20 match.