World Cup : India knocked out as New Zealand wins against Afganistan to reach the semi-finals

India were sent packing from the T20 tournament when a clinical New Zealand clinched a facile eight-wicket conquer Afghanistan in their final Super twelve game to assert the last available semi spot here on Sunday.

India's scanty hopes depended on Afghanistan overshadowing the black caps, as this would have brought the net execution rate into play and opened the doors to Virat Kohli's men, who are now solely responsible for the evictions. and they narrowly missed a step, pursuing a small target of 125 in just 18.1 overs to join England, Australia and Pakistan in the final four stages. The result on Sunday makes India's last league engagement against Namibia irrelevant. The Super 12 games in Pakistan and New Zealand that turned out to be their undoing. The team fought for victories over Afghanistan and Scotland, but the damage caused by the previous two defeats was too great.

Though Afghanistan were losing wickets at regular intervals, Najibullah Zadran was holding one finish firmly. He and Nabi sewed a powerful stand to require the aspect past the 100-run mark and to line themselves up for a giant finish. In between, Zadran additionally completed the period of time -- his second of the tournament in thirty three balls. With Zadran and Nabi at the crease, Afghanistan were set for a big finish. however a wonderful diving catch by Neesham within the deep brought an end to Zadran' innings of seventy three off forty eight balls, that is that the highest score of his T20I career. New Zealand created a stimulating comeback within the last 2 overs, taking four wickets for 9 runs from the last thirteen balls and limiting Afghanistan to a modest score of 124-8 in twenty overs.