Australia vs Afghanistan: David Warner tries to go right-handed, gets castled by Naveen-ul-Haq

T20 World Cup: David Warner got off to a weird dismissal in Australia’s do-or-die game against Afghanistan on Friday, 4 November. This left a section of fans fuming given the gravity of the game.

David Warner gets clean bowled by Naveen-ul-Haq. (Courtesy: AP)

By India Today Web Desk: Australia’s David Warner included his name in the book of weird dismissals after getting bowled out by Naveen-ul-Haq against their must-win game against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup.

Sent to bat first in Adelaide, Australia were off to a terrible start, losing their makeshift opener – Cameron Green early in the game. Warner and Marsh decided to take on the Afghanistan attack and searched for some quick runs after being sent to bat first. A spirited Warner found it a little hard to get going despite scoring a few boundaries and decided to try a few things out.

While batting against pacer Naveen-ul-Haq in the final over of the powerplay, Warner switched to a right handed grip. However, that was not enough to throw off Naveen as the bowler seared in a length delivery, aimed at the top of off stump. Warner, with a wrong handed grip, could not do much about it and saw his off stump getting uprooted by the ball.

25 off 18 was all that Warner could muster in what can turn out to potentially be his last game in this T20 World Cup. If this is the final game, it would end a forgetful campaign for the best batter of the last edition of the tournament, having scored 5, 11 and 3 runs in his previous three matches in the tournament.

Fans were not happy with Warner’s antics and questioned his choice of shot in a must-win game.

Australia however, remained alive in the first innings despite their top order failure, with Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis adding valuable runs in the middle.

At the time of writing, Australia were12/4 in 13.5 overs.