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NAGPUR
Opening batsman Mohammad Shahzad and captain Asghar Stanikzai smashed half-centuries as Afghanistan defeated Scotland by 14 runs in the World Twenty20 on Tuesday.The top team will advance to the Super 10 stage, joining England, West Indies, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Shahzad hit five fours and three sixes in a superb display of power hitting to make 61 off 39 balls, while Stanikzai's unbeaten 50-ball knock of 55 helped Afghanistan reach 170-5 in the Group B match.
Scotland couldn't capitalize on a solid opening stand of 84 runs off 53 balls between George Munsey (41) and Kyle Coetzer (40) to finish on 156-5, with Afghanistan hitting back through leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who took 2-28.
