Afghanistan delivered a dramatic eight-run victory in opposition to Bangladesh, formally knocking double world champions Australia out of the ICC Males’s Twenty20 World Cup on Monday evening.
The win, secured beneath the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) Methodology on the Arnos Vale Cricket Floor in St Vincent, was orchestrated by captain Rashid Khan and new-ball bowler Naveen-ul-Haq.
Rashid Khan, the famend leg-spinner, took 4 wickets for 23 runs from his allotted 4 overs. Naveen-ul-Haq supported brilliantly, taking 4 wickets for 26 runs from 3.5 overs. Bangladesh, set a revised goal of 114 to win in 19 overs as a consequence of rain interruptions, fell quick, failing to chase down the goal.
The sport concluded previous midnight East Caribbean Time when Naveen bowled Taskin Ahmed for 2 and trapped Mustafizur Rahman lbw for a first-ball duck within the 18th over, extinguishing Bangladesh’s hopes of advancing or aiding Australia’s development to the following stage.
In consequence, Afghanistan will face South Africa within the first semi-final on Wednesday on the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad. In the meantime, India, who earlier defeated Australia by 24 runs in St Lucia, will play in opposition to title-holders England within the second semi-final on Thursday on the Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Guyana.
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“It’s unbelievable, I don’t have any phrases to explain my emotions,” Khan remarked in the course of the post-match information convention. “It’s a giant achievement for us being within the semi-finals, and I feel the cricket now we have performed in the entire event to this point, I feel we should be within the semis.”
He continued, “The way in which everybody took the duty of moving into the sport and performing greatest for the crew. I don’t know the way I can describe my feeling, nevertheless it’s an enormous, huge achievement for us as a crew and as a nation to be within the semis and now we’re wanting ahead to the semis.”
Khan credited the affect of former West Indies captain Brian Lara for uplifting the crew. “I feel now we have proved one individual very proper – and that was Brian Lara, the one one that talked about Afghanistan to be within the high 4. We instructed him that as effectively once we met him on the welcome get together – we’ll make certain we show that proper as effectively.”
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Litton Das carried his bat
He added, “I feel once you get the type of nice, nice statements from a legend, as a crew, I feel it offers you numerous vitality as effectively. We’re succesful – however so long as we hold issues quite simple and I feel in the entire competitors to this point, now we have saved issues easy. Sure, there have been some powerful occasions, however we didn’t let ourselves down, and we all the time attempt to come again stronger.”
Bangladesh’s chase was led by opener Litton Das, who carried his bat for a resolute, unbeaten 54 from 59 balls. Regardless of his efforts, no different batsman contributed considerably, and the altering DLS necessities finally dashed their hopes.
“We wished to win the match,” Bangladesh captain Najmul Shanto Hossain stated. “That was the preliminary plan. After the primary innings once we noticed 115 on the board, we had a plan that we might win in 12.1 overs – in order that was the plan – however the batting group made a whole lot of poor selections.”
Earlier within the match, Rahmanullah Gurbaz led Afghanistan with 43 off 55 balls after they gained the toss and opted to bat. Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared a vital 59-run partnership for the fourth wicket. The innings misplaced momentum after their stand ended within the eleventh over, culminating in some drama within the ultimate over when Rashid Khan threw his bat in frustration after his batting associate refused a second run.
