NAGPUR: Afghanistan have registered their first ever win against any Full Members after beating West Indies by 7 runs in the last encounter of Super 10 round (Group-1) in ICC WT20 2016 at Vidrabha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.
West Indian captain Darren Sammy won the toss and straightaway chose to bowl first as they have been doing in this competition so far.
Afghanistan did not take a fine start and lost Ghani in the second over for 4. Shehzad played few blistering shots before chipped one to log off in the circle.
Afghanistan kept losing wickets and momentum of the inning unless left-arm all-rounder Najibullah (48*) took on to Windies bowler in death overs, producing 60 runs off last five over along with lower middle order batsmen to take the score to 123/7.
West Indies took the target too easy, and kept losing wickets in the search of big shots.
Afghanistan took the full control after they successfully removed Bravo, Sammy and then Brathwaite, who had hit two sixes of second last over to bring the match alive for them.
West Indies requiring ten of  the last over, fell short of 7 runs to hand Afghanistan first victory of the tournament.
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