Afghanistan players set some impressive records on their way to march into the semifinal of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Afghanistan's win in Kingstown was their first against Bangladesh in a World Cup game. The two teams had met four times previously - once in a T20 World Cup (2014) and three times in the ODI World Cup (2015, 2019 and 2023) - and Bangladesh had won all those matches.
Instances of teams outside of the first eight Full Members to have reached the semi-final of an ICC event before Afghanistan in this T20 World Cup. Kenya made it to the semi-finals in the 2003 ODI World Cup, and so did Bangladesh in the 2017 Champions Trophy.
Openers to carry the bat in a men's T20I, including Litton Das against Afghanistan. Chris Gayle was the first to do it - in the 2009 T20 World Cup semis against Sri Lanka. Richmond Baaleri of Ghana carried his bat through the innings against Botswana in 2023.
442 Partnership runs between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran at this T20 World Cup - the most by a pair in a single edition of the tournament, surpassing 411 runs by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in 2021.
Gurbaz and Ibrahim are also the first to share four fifty-plus stands in a T20 World Cup.
152 Wickets for Rashid in T20Is. He is only the second bowler to bag 150-plus wickets in T20Is, after Tim Southee (164).
5-0 Record of teams batting first in Kingstown at this T20 World Cup. It is the first time that teams batting first have an unbeaten record at a venue in a men's T20 World Cup.
