Historical past was created on Sunday (IST) as Afghanistan surprised the mighty Australia by 21 runs of their T20 World Cup 2024, Tremendous 8 match in Kingstown. Requested to bat first, the Afghans have been restricted to 148/6, regardless of a 118-run partnership between their openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran. Chasing 149, Australia misplaced early wickets however Glenn Maxwell introduced them again into the sport with this 59-run knock. Maxwell, who earlier denied a historic win to Afghanistan in the course of the ODI World Cup 2023, was guiding Australia to a different memorable victory. However this time, the Afghans bounced again and bundled out Australia for 127.
This was Afghanistan’s first-ever victory over Australia in six worldwide matches. As Afghanistan registered the historic win, social media acquired flooded with a great deal of good needs and messages from followers for Rashid Khan and co.
Not this time Aussies – Take a bow Afghan boys#INDvsBAN #AUSvsAFG #AFGvsAUS pic.twitter.com/9SbsSVWZSg
— TCTV Cricket (@tctv1offl) June 23, 2024
These boys defeated the 6 time world champions. Take a bow, enormous respect for the Afghanistan cricket workforce.#AFGvsAUS pic.twitter.com/JsDcHMaSE5
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) June 23, 2024
Dil Dil Afghanistan!!!
We’re witnessing a paradigm shift within the Cricket World Order!!What an evening! Congratulations to all Afghan brothers!! They really deserved it.
Beating Aussies in a World Cup is a colossal achievement!!#AFGvsAUS @Attaullahsapi @WazhmaAyoubi pic.twitter.com/Wiq9AV4PAb
— Dr. Shubham Misra🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@Shubham_Neuro) June 23, 2024
Effectively accomplished Afghanistan afg vs aus #AfgvsAus pic.twitter.com/0IMrmQGK9k
— Anshul Bahuguna (@AnshulBahuguna2) June 23, 2024
Wherever I informed Afghanistan will beat Australia in Tremendous 8 everybody laughed at me Now Afghanistan gained towards Australia
Actually Glad for Afghanistan
First time in historical past Afghanistan gained towards Australia #AusvsAfg #AFGvsAus pic.twitter.com/98b1FWX9iZ
— Cric Irfan (@Irfan_irru_17) June 23, 2024
Aside from Gurbaz and Zadran’s partnership, it was the bowlers’ contribution that led Afghanistan to victory. Pacer Gulbadin Naib was the star bowler along with his magnificent four-wicket haul.
“We have been ready for a very long time. Nice second for me, my nation, my folks. Massive achievement for our cricket. Because of our followers for supporting our cricket journey. We labored onerous for the final 2 months, and the result’s in entrance of you. The wicket wasn’t straightforward to bat on, the ball was too bouncy. I took two wickets early on, and carried that on later,” mentioned Naib after the victory.
“Because of Rashid for trusting me. This was a whole workforce effort. The best way Naveen bowled, the best way Gurbaz and Ibrahim batted. We beat Australia finally! It’s a nice achievement for Afghanistan cricket, our historical past is not an excessive amount of so this can be a nice achievement. We performed nice cricket within the final World Cup, and this yr we beat New Zealand within the group stage,” he added.
Aside from him, Naveen-ul-Haq scalped three wickets whereas Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, and Rashid Khan additionally scalped one wicket every.
With this win, Afghanistan have saved themselves alive within the semi-final race. They are going to now tackle Bangladesh of their final Tremendous 8s conflict on Tuesday.
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