Najibullah Zardan scored 73 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of Afghanistan batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in T20 WC. His knock represents the highest individual score by an Afghanistan batsman in T20 WC. The previous best was Mohammad Shahzad’s 68 against Hong Kong at Chattogram on 18.03.14.

Najibullah Zardan became the third Afghanistan batsman to score fifties on two occasions in T20 WC. His 73 in this game gave him this distinction. Prior to this he had scored 59 against Scotland at Sharjan on 25.10.21

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	A Afghan	55*	1	Sco	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
	2	A Afghan	62	1	Srl	Kolkata	17 Mar 2016
2	1	M Shahzad	68	2	HKG	Chattogram	18 Mar 2014
	2	M Shahzad	61	1	Sco	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
3	1	N Zadran	59	1	Sco	Sharjah	25 Oct 2021
	2	N Zadran	73	1	NZl	Abu Dhabi	07 Nov 2021

Najibullah Zardan’s 73 in this game provide the 20^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number five in an innings.

New Zealand won this game by eight wickets to provide the  occasion of a team winning a T20 WC game by exact eight wickets.

No	Team	Res	Margin	BR	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RSA	won	8 wkts	14	Win	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007
2	Aus	won	8 wkts	31	Eng	Cape Town	14 Sep 2007
3	Ind	won	8 wkts	15	Ire	Nottingham	10 Jun 2009
4	Pak	won	8 wkts	08	Srl	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
5	Win	won	8 wkts	01	Eng	Providence	03 May 2010
6	Pak	won	8 wkts	08	Ban	Pallekele	25 Sep 2012
7	Aus	won	8 wkts	14	RSA	Col-RPS	30 Sep 2012
8	Ind	won	8 wkts	18	Pak	Col-RPS	30 Sep 2012
9	Ban	won	8 wkts	27	Nep	Chattogram	18 Mar 2014
10	Ind	won	8 wkts	09	Ban	Dhaka	28 Mar 2014
11	Sco	won	8 wkts	12	HKG	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
12	RSA	won	8 wkts	14	Srl	Delhi	28 Mar 2016
13	Sco	won	8 wkts	18	Oma	Al Amerat	21 Oct 2021
14	Nam	won	8 wkts	09	Ire	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
15	Srl	won	8 wkts	77	Net	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
16	RSA	won	8 wkts	10	Win	Dub-DSC	26 Oct 2021
17	Eng	won	8 wkts	35	Ban	A Dhabi	27 Oct 2021
18	Eng	won	8 wkts	50	Aus	Dub-DSC	30 Oct 2021
19	NZl	won	8 wkts	33	Ind	Dub-DSC	31 Oct 2021
20	Aus	won	8 wkts	82	Ban	Dub-DSC	04 Nov 2021
21	Ind	won	8 wkts	81	Sco	Dub-DSC	05 Nov 2021
22	NZl	won	8 wkts	11	Afg	A Dhabi	07 Nov 2021

New Zealand won this game by eight wickets to provide the second occasion of New Zealand winning a T20 WC game by exact eight wickets.

No	Team	Res	Margin	BR	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NZl	won	8 wkts	33	Ind	Dub-DSC	31 Oct 2021
2	NZl	won	8 wkts	11	Afg	A Dhabi	07 Nov 2021

New Zealand won this game by eight wickets to post its 19^th win in T20 WC and its sixth win by wickets margin. It also provide its 77^th win in T20Is and its 28^th win by wickets margin. It also provide its third win by exact eight wickets in T20Is.