Historic win of Afghanistan, defeat Australia for first time in any Format. This win was a very historical event in the Afghanistan cricket.
Afghanistan have win a victory over one of the tournament favourites in the Super 8 game of the T20 World cup at Kingstown and they hope their expectation alive for a semi-final place. A video cropped up on the team’s social media account that shows what the victory meant for the nation. The clip had captain Rashid Khan, 25, and Man of the Match Gulbadin Naib,33.
After Afghanistan chances of making it to the semi-final from a group that has India and Australia, Kandahar-born Delhi University PhD student and cricket fan Nazamudin Asar sharing his excitement and translated the verse “Roll up your sleeves, come celebrate and dance. Poor people like us rarely get the chance to enjoy as happiness belongs to those who are strong and rich….’That’s what they were singing, that’s exactly what Afghanistan feels today,” Nazamudin Asar told.
The team’s assistant coach Raees Ahmadzai could not travel with the team because of a knee surgery. He says he has lost his voice, he was with thousands others on the streets chanting ” Afghanistan Zindabad”.
Ahmadzai told to Indian Express, ” A couple of days ago we celebrated Eid , and it feels like we are celebrating it again after this win. It is something very special for many reason,” Beating Australia is very special for this nation. They refused to play the series against us. They were very lucky that got away in the ODI world cup. We were waiting for this result. “At this T20 World cup Maxwell seemed ready for repetition of evening in Mumbai where Australia and Afghanistan played and Glenn Maxwell broke Afghan hearts with his unbeaten 201. He chased down 292 from 91/7.At this T20 World cup too, Maxwell seemed ready to repeat. The part-time batting all-rounder with a bodybuilder physique would out-muscle and out-fox the Aussie with his strength and smartness.