Stats highlights of Match No 40 – Afghanistan Vs New Zealand at Abu Dhabi on 07 Nov 2021
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 20th 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 19th win in T20 WC and its sixth win by wickets margin. It also provide its 77th win in T20Is and its 28th win by wickets margin. It also provide its third win by exact eight wickets in T20Is.