If Afgahnistan's continuing presence in world cricket is a fairytale, then wicketkeeper-batsman Karim Sadiq is the knight in shining armour.

Not content with just a run out, Sadiq did a spot of bowling as well yesterday, and took four wickets as his side beat Denmark by five wickets in the opening round of the World Cup qualifiers.

And Bermuda will be hoping he doesn't decide to run through them today like he did to the Danes yesterday.

No stranger to bowling, a finger injury forced Sadiq to stop keeping wicket yesterday, and Denmark are probably wishing he'd stayed there.

"It was bad luck for Denmark that I injured my finger, which meant I stopped keeping wicket," he said.

"My captain trusted me with the ball and I bowled wicket to wicket and ended up with four wickets and a run out.

"I have done this before, but our new coach wants me to focus on my wicketkeeping, while Taj (the former coach) always used to trust me with my bowling.

"My coach is very happy with my bowling today and I am hoping he will let me bowl in the other games.

"Bermuda is a big game for us, as they have played One-Day International cricket but if we win we will be close to qualification for the Super Eight."

Having restricted Denmark to 204-9 yesterday, Afghanistan reached the target with almost four overs to spare, with Mohammad Shehzad hitting 55 not out off 94 balls and putting on a stand of 78 in under 19 overs with Mohammad Nabi, who smashed four boundaries to score 47 off 51 balls.

Karim Khan started the chase well with 39 off 40 balls.