afghanistan cricket team
The World Cup 2023 being played in India was the most successful for the Afghanistan team, which played in the ODI World Cup for the first time in 2015. No one would have thought that the Afghanistan team would perform so brilliantly in this World Cup. They defeated three former champion teams in this World Cup. At the same time, it gave a tough competition to even the five-time World Cup winning team Australia. The Afghanistan team has taken its cricket far ahead in these 8 years. The way he performed in this World Cup, it seems that the future of his team is going to be even better.
Defeated three world champion teams
In this World Cup, Afghanistan defeated England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in most one-sided matches. He remained in the race for the semi-finals till the last match of his league stage. However, he had to be out of the World Cup due to the defeat at the hands of South Africa in the last match. This is the same team about which before the start of the World Cup it was being said that they would be among the first teams to be eliminated from the tournament, but on the contrary, they were the last to be eliminated from the race for the World Cup semi-finals. This is a matter of pride for Afghanistan cricket and their fans. His team captain has also praised his players a lot.
What did the team captain say after the last match?
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said after the last league match against South Africa that he is very happy with his performance as a captain. He further said that we fought till the last moment in every game. Good lesson for us in future. Proud of the way our batsmen performed in this tournament. We were struggling before this tournament. We sat together and talked about the weak point, so in the end, you saw the result of how our batsmen performed.
He also talked about the future of his team. Hashmatullah said that this is a positive thing, he is confident about the future. Everyone knows we have a good spin department. If we continue with the same momentum we will be a very good team. We gave a good message to the world in this tournament. We played big teams and fought till the last moment. The match against Australia was in our hands, but we lost that match in the end.
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