David Warner took the attack early to Afghanistan with an 18-ball 25

David Warner fell in a bizarre fashion, getting cleaned up while attempting to play the switch hit

Mitchell Marsh carted a 25-ball 40 after getting dropped early in his innings

Naveen ul Haq was the pick of the bowlers, picking three wickets and effecting a run out

Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 32-ball 54

Fazalhaq Farooqi bowled a tidy spell in the end and restricted Australia to 168 for 8

Rahmaullah Gurbaz a 17-ball 30 to help Afghanistan to a quick start in the run chase

Gulbadin Naib was run out courtesy a fine throw by Glenn Maxwell from long on

Adam Zampa turned the game around in Australia's favour in the 14th over, in which Afghanistan lost three wickets

Rashid Khan smashed an unbeaten 23-ball 48 - his highest T20I score - but Afghanistan fell four runs short of ustralia's total