The Afghanistan cricket workforce continued their spectacular run within the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 and booked their place within the semi-finals after beating Bangladesh in an exciting encounter on Tuesday. This was the primary time Afghanistan certified for the semi-finals of an Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) occasion. The Rashid Khan-led aspect is on a roll with wins over New Zealand within the group stage and a sensational win over Australia within the Tremendous 8s. Afghanistan wanted a win over Bangladesh to make it to the semi-finals and this end result additionally meant that Australia have been knocked out. After the win, Rashid acquired a name from Taliban International Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
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In a video posted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board on social media platform X (previously Twitter), Muttaqi was seen congratulating Rashid for the sensational win. Muttaqi began the dialog with “Mubarak” and had a particular message for Rashid and the remainder of the Afghanistan workforce.
Afghanistan will now tackle South Africa within the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Thursday.
“It's like a dream for us to be within the semi-finals. All of it will depend on how we began the match. The arrogance got here after we beat New Zealand. It's unbelievable.”
“I’ve no phrases to specific my emotions. At house, everybody could be very completely satisfied for this nice achievement. The one one that thought we might attain the semi-finals was Brian Lara and we proved him proper. On the reception earlier than the match, I advised him, 'We is not going to allow you to down. We are going to get it achieved and show you might be proper.' I’m pleased with this workforce. We felt 130-135 was a superb rating on this wicket.”
“We fell quick by 15-20 runs. All of it will depend on the mindset. We knew they might come laborious at us within the 12 overs to achieve the semi-finals. That's the place we might have taken benefit. If we had bowled on the stumps, we’d have had a greater likelihood of getting them out. We didn't should do something additional. We simply needed to be clear about our plans. We tried, it's in our fingers,” Rashid Khan stated.
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