New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Afghanistan stayed in contention for the Super Eight stage with a five-wicket win over UAE at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Monday.
An all-round performance from Azmatullah Omarzai helped Afghanistan to their first win of this World Cup campaign.
Afghanistan have climbed to No 3 in Group D, and are battling with New Zealand and UAE for the final qualification spot from their group. Having won their first three matches, South Africa are through.
After electing to field first, Afghanistan restricted UAE to 160/9 in 20 overs. It was touch and go, but Afghanistan chased down the target with four balls and five wickets to spare.
Junaid Siddique struck early for UAE, dismissing the dangerous Rahmanullah Gurbaz on thes...