Afghanistan team became emotional after victory over Bangladesh: Rashid Khan cried hugging head coach Trott, Farooqi carried the captain on his shoulders

The last match of the Super-8 of the T20 World Cup was full of excitement. Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of an ICC tournament for the first time by defeating Bangladesh by 8 runs. While on one hand the players of the Afghanistan team had tears of joy in their eyes, on the other hand, the camp of the Bangla Tigers was disappointed.

With this win, Australia’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals were also dashed.

Moments of victory…

1. Afghanistan team became emotional after victory
Afghanistan has made it to the knockout stage of the T20 World Cup for the first time. The team defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs by defending a small total of 116 runs. This is the biggest achievement for Afghanistan so far. To reach here, Afghanistan defeated big teams like Australia, Bangladesh and New Zealand.

The Afghanistan team became emotional after the victory. Captain Rashid Khan started crying after hugging the team captain Jonathan Trott.

After the victory, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan hugged coach Jonathan Trott and started crying.

Captain Rashid hugged Gulbadin Naib for his brilliant performance.

2. Farooqi carried Captain Rashid on his shoulders
Afghanistan’s captain Rashid Khan showed excellent bowling and batting in this match. He scored 19 runs in 10 balls and hit a six on the last ball to take the team’s score to 115. He also took four wickets in bowling. To give him the major credit for the victory, Fazalhaq Farooqi lifted captain Rashid on his shoulders and took a round of the ground.

Fazalhaq Farooqi carried captain Rashid on his shoulders. Rashid scored 19 runs and took 4 wickets in this match.

3. Gurbaj’s tears flowed while sitting in the dugout

Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a key role in helping the team qualify for the semi-finals. He is the top scorer of the World Cup 2024 with 281 runs. He also scored 43 runs in this match. However, due to an injury sustained during wicket-keeping, he was celebrating the victory while sitting in the dugout. There he was unable to hold back his tears.

Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz became emotional after the victory. He scored 43 runs in this match.

Gurbaz arrived on the ground with the coach and physio team to celebrate Afghanistan’s victory.

4. Naveen celebrates victory after taking the 10th wicket
Afghanistan’s fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq took the 10th wicket of Bangladesh in 17.5 overs. He dismissed Mustafizur Rahman for a golden duck (0 runs, 1 ball). With this, Afghanistan won the match by 8 runs. After taking the wicket, the whole team along with Naveen celebrated the victory.

Afghanistan’s Naveen dismissed Mustafizur Rahman for 0.

Other moments of the match…

1. Gurbaj was injured in the first over of Bangladesh’s innings
Naveen Ul Haque bowled the first over of Bangladesh’s innings. The last ball of the over was a good length ball outside off. Batsman Liton Das missed the drive and the ball went to keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Gurbaz got injured while trying to catch the ball. He suffered a strain below his waist and had to leave the ground. Substitute Mohammad Ishaq kept wicket in the match.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz was injured after Bangladesh’s innings.

In place of Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishak did the wicket-keeping in the match.

2. Zadran missed the bat
Rishad Hussain bowled the 11th over of Afghanistan’s innings. He bowled slow spin on the third ball to Zadran. Zadran wanted to hit a shot towards extra cover, but he was beaten and the bat slipped from his hand. The bat bounced in the air and fell near the square leg umpire. Zadran was out on 18 runs on the very next ball.

In the 11th over, the bat slipped from Jadran’s hands on the score of 18 runs.

3. Gulbadin Naib fell while standing
Noor Ahmed was bowling the 12th over of Bangladesh’s innings. When he was taking a run up to bowl the fifth ball, Afghanistan’s Gulbadin Naib, who was fielding at slip, fell down while standing. The umpire had to stop the match and then it started raining and the match was stopped for a while. The score of the Bangladesh team at that time was 81-7.

After the fourth ball of the 12th over, Gulbadin Naib, standing at slip, fell down while standing.

4. Rashid clean bowled Rishad
Rashid took two wickets in two balls. He first got Mahmudullah LBW on the fifth ball of the 11th over. After that, he bowled the next ball on the pad of new batsman Rishaad Hussain. Due to the swing, the ball went past the bat and pad and went into the wicket and Rishaad was out on 0.

5. Rashid threw his bat in anger
The last over of Afghanistan’s innings was bowled by Tanzim Hasan Sakib. He bowled a yorker on the third ball to Rashid Khan. The ball touched the outside edge of the bat and went to the off side. Rashid and Karim Janat took one run.

Rashid wanted to take the second run so that he could keep the strike, but Karim Janat refused him after the first run. Rashid had reached half the pitch. He threw his bat in anger and returned. After this Karim picked up the bat and returned it to Rashid.

At the team score of 108, Karim Janat refused to allow Rashid to take the second run.

6. Gurbaj got a lifeline on the first ball
​​​​​​The first over of Afghanistan’s innings was bowled by Tanzim Hasan Shakib. On the very first ball, Gurbaz played a shot on square leg. Ibrahim Zadran and Gurbaz ran for the first run. Shakib Al Hasan made a direct throw. However, Gurbaz had reached the crease before the ball hit the wicket.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz survived being dismissed on 0 runs.