• Afghanistan supporters watch their team play Zimbabwe during their T20 World Cup cricket match at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
    Afghanistan supporters watch their team play Zimbabwe during their T20 World Cup cricket match at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
  • Afghanistan’s Mohammed Shahzad (R)plays a shot past Zimbabwe’s wicketkeper Richmond Mutumbami during The World T20 cricket tournament match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe at The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / PRASHANT BHOOT
    Afghanistan’s Mohammed Shahzad (R)plays a shot past Zimbabwe’s wicketkeper Richmond Mutumbami during The World T20 cricket tournament match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe at The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / PRASHANT BHOOT
  • Zimbabwe Tinashe Panyangara (2L)celebrates with teammates after his dismissal of Afghanistan batsman Gulabdin Naib during The World T20 cricket tournament match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe at The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / PRASHANT BHOOT
    Zimbabwe Tinashe Panyangara (2L)celebrates with teammates after his dismissal of Afghanistan batsman Gulabdin Naib during The World T20 cricket tournament match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe at The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / PRASHANT BHOOT
  • Afganistan's Mohammed Nabi plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
    Afganistan's Mohammed Nabi plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
  • Afganistan’s Samiullah Shenwari plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
    Afganistan’s Samiullah Shenwari plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
  • Afganistan’s Hamid Hassan (2R) celebrates the wicket of Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
    Afganistan’s Hamid Hassan (2R) celebrates the wicket of Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
  • Afganistan’s Rashid Khan (L) celebrates the wicket of Zimbabwe’s Vusi Sibanda during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
    Afganistan’s Rashid Khan (L) celebrates the wicket of Zimbabwe’s Vusi Sibanda during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
  • Afghanistan cricketers Mohammed Shahzad (C) and Gulabdin Naib (R) celebrate after winning their T20 World Cup cricket match against Zimbabwe at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
    Afghanistan cricketers Mohammed Shahzad (C) and Gulabdin Naib (R) celebrate after winning their T20 World Cup cricket match against Zimbabwe at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
  • Afghanistan cricketers celebrate after winning their T20 World Cup cricket match against Zimbabwe at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot
    Afghanistan cricketers celebrate after winning their T20 World Cup cricket match against Zimbabwe at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on March 12, 2016. / AFP / Prashant Bhoot

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Afghanistan cricket seal place among the big boys at World T20 – in pictures

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Images from Afghanistan’s victory over Zimbabwe to reach the World Twenty20 Super 10 stage on Saturday, a 59-run win in Nagpur.

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