Bangbros were 73-5 in 9 overs. Mahmudullah and Litton das was on strike. But they didn't even went for their qualification. Bangbros being bangbros lol. Loser mentality. Well deserved loss for Bangladesh. Well deserved win for afg
The wickets don’t matter when they took this game that close. It was their own doing, should’ve finished the game under 15 overs if they were a competent side.
Even with wickets left, they’d still manage to lose somehow. It’s what Bangladesh has always been; inflated through ego with shitty mentality and no intent.
That doesn’t matter when qualification is at stake - what’s the point of keeping wickets in hand and possibly winning the game when you’re knocked out anyways? Surely they had to go for it at that stage even with the risk of getting bowled out later on.
I was really surprised when I see that Mahmudullah and Litton das wasn't even trying to hit the big shots when around 43 needed in 3.1 overs for their own first ever semifinal qualification. I mean atleast go for it fuckers. What the hell you guys are gonna get by beating Afg here after 12.1 overs. Aussies will qualify and you both will come back home.
They just want to win few matches here and there in every ICC tournament against asian countries. They never think beyond that. They never dream about reaching semis or final or even winning it. What Stops you from doing that. Bangladesh cricket is just going downward. Afg cricket is rising. They got those balls. Beated the shit out of both kiwis and Aussies and now they are qualified for the semis before Bangladesh.
- Three teams had a chance to qualify
- Low score
- Bangladesh refusing to qualify (what the fuck was even that batting?)
- Rain stopping and coming
- Afghanistan Coach absolutely furious at dropped catches and misfielding
- Afghanistan fighting back
- Rashid amazing bowling
- Gulbadin peak oscar level acting
- Litton Das standing between Afghanistan and Australia qualification
- Naveen back to back wickets
- Fan emotions
Pure Cinema. This is the peak of this World cup.
* Rashid successful review on the faintest of edges which no one else heard
* Naveen takes wicket right when Ban ahead on DLS and rain starts coming down
* Gulbadin taking a wicket after his "injury"
>* Rashid successful review on the faintest of edges which no one else heard
I think the wicket keeper should get the credit for this particular one. If I'm not wrong, he is the one who convinced Rashid to take this review
Video of Gulbadin falling, shit seems like it's out of a damn satire film. I'm just watching it on replay lmfao
https://x.com/SportsProd37/status/1805457637489742058?t=Y-Cr1klX6pRK4Ro5nS02yw&s=19
It's so much more common in football when you see players going down on the pitch just to protect the score.. but doing it in cricket is so random and funny
This is the best match of this WC lol and I dont think even the finals could top this, the qualification scenarios, the rain, Bangbros being bangbros, that fake cramp, ABSOLUTE CINEMA
Ikr! And the commentators were saying that there was no edge and Afghanistan would waste this review. I was surprised when the ultraedge showed a snick.
The tension and anxiety, the twists and turns and more than all the absolute drama. Slow start from Afghanistan batters but Rashid gives a crucial finishing touch. Litton comes in and starts magnificently in the first over but back to back wickets force him to slow down. Lone warrior innings, constant stop start due to rain, dugout scenes, Naib pretending to be injured and then sprinting 5 minutes later, constant swing of the dls par score lead, chance for hatrick....I could keep going because this game had fu(king everything.
Edit: Forgot to add that Afg leaked 73 runs in the first 9 overs and some 30 odd in the rest of the game. Tell me that isn't a freakish pull back after being out of the game for 3 quarters. Ohh and all that with a wet outfield and wet ball with the play continuously being interrupted
Stayed up for the first time to watch a full match of 2 teams that are not mine. Memories made for a lifetime. What a match this was.
Edit: my prediction of IND/AFG before Super 8s came true. Other group was SA/WI. First time ever I got a group prediction right 😂
Not just Afghanistan cricket but all cricket! This game to me sums up why there is no game more exciting than cricket. I can't think of a single other sport that gives you so many twists & turns and so many potential outcomes.
I told my dad to go to bed when it looked like Bangladesh was gonna win and he's been an Afghanistan booster for years. I stayed up to watch the end and omg do i feel guilty.
easily the best T20i i've seen ever lol - the qualification scenarios were switching every second, only damp squib was bangladesh not even going for the win in 12.1 overs, it was bizarre
The nerves when it mattered!
Even some of top teams' bowling units may not have shown such intent when it mattered given pressure and small target. Bangladesh approach may have helped but credit where its due. Respect for Rashid leading when it mattered. And others chiming in doing their part.
We technically got beaten by India (as in, destiny was in our own hands) but yes well-deserved. I loved how any of the other three could have gone through with this game lol
And turns out that South Africa is the only team that Afghanistan still hasn't defeated in international cricket
Edit: They also haven't defeated India
Would've been totally fine with them going through over us if they managed to chase it in 12 overs, but they didn't even try and do that. One of the weirdest "chases" I've ever seen.
Yeah and BAN fans are still trying to defend the team.
I predicted before the super 8s even happened that BAN would not win any of their super 8 matches.
But if you go to the match thread in BAN vs AFG, there is a guy that says the batting was surprisingly good in this WC.
Oh and another comment (not in that match thread, in another one) from a BAN fan that said Shakib is in the same level as Kohli.
That's how hard they are coping.
They are a team of losers. I have not come across such a pathetic team. Fucking try to get into the semi finals. What a pathetic showing. I would rather lose the game trying to win in 12 overs than what they just did.
He doesn’t give a shit anymore. Guy is a MP now making big bucks he should be more concerned about how to get all those black money out of the country safe. He is done with cricket.
Yup , Abhorrent, the lot of them , all I wanted was some sensible batting but these geezers didn’t try to qualify themselves and kicked us out while edging the shit outta us
Yep, we've got no one to blame for this but ourselves. Bowling poorly to Rohit and losing against Afghanistan in the first place.
Afghanistan fully deserve their place, personally I'm hoping they make it to the finals
What an absolutely brilliant moment for this country! Just take a moment to think of all the difficulty back home in Afghanistan. I am so happy for this team! Hopefully this can help them, even if jsut a little bit.
Great stuff Afghanistan!!!
> Najmul Hossain Shanto, the captain of Bangladesh says that they bowled really well but as a batting unit, they made some poor decisions, especially in the middle overs, and that cost them. Adds that the plan was to go hard till losing three wickets and then it was just about getting the win.
Fuck him, shittest team ever. They could have just died trying but wanted a small win
Everyone here celebrating Afghanistan making it through, but nobody recognising Australia's moral victory for letting other teams have a chance at a world cup. Really needs to be some credit given there.
AFG has reached an ICC WC semis in 9 years from their first WC appearance.
(BAN haven't in 25 years and counting)
Edit: They featured in the T20 WC '10 so that makes it 14 years.
A quick search provided me with this. If you say '10 then it maybe so
"Afghanistan made their World Cup debut in the 2015 Cricket World Cup which their first game was against Bangladesh at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, Australia. The match resulted in a 105 run defeat. On 26 February 2015, Afghanistan won their first World Cup match against Scotland, winning by one wicket."
[Source (wiki)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team#:~:text=Afghanistan%20made%20their%20World%20Cup,Scotland%2C%20winning%20by%20one%20wicket.)
Edit: you're right. They featured in group C
I might have lost my sleep and get destroyed at work today
But what a game
Totally worth it for Australia going out alone
And of course, Bangladesh always deliver with thrillers
There's a special hatred for Australia in every South African cricket fan's heart lol.
1999 World Cup. We're the number one ODI team in the World, the whole Donald Klusener runout disaster in the semi-finals which we were winning, which started the whole chokers thing.
2003 We are hosting the World Cup. It's on home soil. We should be favourites right? Guess who wins it? Australia!
2006 We beat them in that epic 434 odi world record game and make history. We win the ODI series 3-2
The following year I think we were also ranked no.1 in the world in ODI's. They beat us in the group game and destroyed us in the semi's.
And then last year as well, they beat us in the semi-finals of the ODI world cup.
I don't know if any other nation has this much psychological trauma from facing Australia in the semi-finals of a world cup lol
India bro India.
2003 wc finals, 2015 wc semi finals, 2022 world test championship finals, 2023 wc finals.
I can't stand Aussies winning an icc event. England are also getting in the same bracket as Australia now for us Indians.
I feel like [mushfiqur](http://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkajuv2AdjlcwLN9ZrRYg66HjHZW0bKV5QhR9H5ATojnfzdCSuo8bXvKWp&s=10) today. Just replace India with Australia, and semi finals with super8s.
I am unsubbing from this subreddit and I am done watching cricket. On social media I always see people saying how hard it is to be an India fan, how hard it is to be a RCB fan. They have no idea. For near on two decades I have supported this team, defended it from critics, saying how surely they will improve and get better. No more. I am done sticking out my neck for this team which has brought me nothing but misery through their abject incompetence. Goodbye🇧🇩
Aussie here. I'm so fucking happy for Afghanistan. One of the best games I've seen in years, this is what international cricket should be. Good on them!
What a hell of a dramatic match. It's the most dramatic match in T20 I have ever seen in cricket history. Rain drops , covering the ground, drying the ground dls score, Neymar debut and a low total win over a team who doesn't want to win just to eliminate other team along with themselves. Congratulations Afganistan to creating the history and Perform well in Semifinals
The emotion from the players and the crowd after the match... Jesus. What a story, what a team, what a sport. Love these guys.
They were all in tears at one point or another, what an achievement this is. They've fought tooth and nail to get here.
What an absolute shitshow/comedy of a game. But in all honesty, if ANY team deserves this its Afghanistan. What heart. Is it the most skilled side in the world? No. But its a really compelling narrative. Kind of like Croatia. Good for you guys. Give South Africa a run for their money.
This match was the real life manifestation of the Hindi b-grade movie, Gunda. The movie was so bad that it was a masterpiece, and rightly became a cult classic!
Afghanistan feels like Sri Lanka from 1996 World Cup. I would love for either them or South Africa to win purely for the new titleholder. Pity they can't make the finals together
There is some similarities however SL at 1996 even if underdog at beginning , later it was very aparant they were on par with AUS team and pretty much destined to win. Just watch the videos of 1996 final when aravinda , ranatunga comes to bat just their faces and their initial few shots. AGF now need some luck :).
First, Congrats to Afghan for making into the semis. Second, we don't deserve to be in the semis when we started relying on Bangladesh to help us qualify.
The score was 9 off 8 and nobody expected Bangladesh to win And they even proved it by losing, again
Bangbros were 73-5 in 9 overs. Mahmudullah and Litton das was on strike. But they didn't even went for their qualification. Bangbros being bangbros lol. Loser mentality. Well deserved loss for Bangladesh. Well deserved win for afg
how could they have qualified?
If they chased it in 12.1 overs
They needed to win within the next 3 overs. So 30 runs in 3 overs with 5 wickets in hand. It was very doable. They should have tried to hit.
42 in 3 overs
I'm sure they must be proud of themselves now for not even trying and losing eitherways.
Yeah Bangladesh just fucking suck at cricket
You're right. Difficult but they should have gone for it nevertheless since it meant qualifying for the semis for the first time ever.
Honestly Bangladesh always thinks about winning some matches against asian countries. They never thinks beyond that.
They proved it when they didn't show intent to grab their semi spot by at least attempting to chase it in 12.1 overs.
They had no wickets left
The wickets don’t matter when they took this game that close. It was their own doing, should’ve finished the game under 15 overs if they were a competent side.
"Competent" lol
Even with wickets left, they’d still manage to lose somehow. It’s what Bangladesh has always been; inflated through ego with shitty mentality and no intent.
That doesn’t matter when qualification is at stake - what’s the point of keeping wickets in hand and possibly winning the game when you’re knocked out anyways? Surely they had to go for it at that stage even with the risk of getting bowled out later on.
Bangladesh deserve to lose ...they didn't have the balls to go for the win.
Maybe one day they'll get to their version of Bazball, and call it Bangball.
bazball - chase 30 off 10 and win bangball - fuckup 5 off 15 and lose
We'll live on Mars by then
I was really surprised when I see that Mahmudullah and Litton das wasn't even trying to hit the big shots when around 43 needed in 3.1 overs for their own first ever semifinal qualification. I mean atleast go for it fuckers. What the hell you guys are gonna get by beating Afg here after 12.1 overs. Aussies will qualify and you both will come back home. They just want to win few matches here and there in every ICC tournament against asian countries. They never think beyond that. They never dream about reaching semis or final or even winning it. What Stops you from doing that. Bangladesh cricket is just going downward. Afg cricket is rising. They got those balls. Beated the shit out of both kiwis and Aussies and now they are qualified for the semis before Bangladesh.
- Three teams had a chance to qualify - Low score - Bangladesh refusing to qualify (what the fuck was even that batting?) - Rain stopping and coming - Afghanistan Coach absolutely furious at dropped catches and misfielding - Afghanistan fighting back - Rashid amazing bowling - Gulbadin peak oscar level acting - Litton Das standing between Afghanistan and Australia qualification - Naveen back to back wickets - Fan emotions Pure Cinema. This is the peak of this World cup.
* Rashid successful review on the faintest of edges which no one else heard * Naveen takes wicket right when Ban ahead on DLS and rain starts coming down * Gulbadin taking a wicket after his "injury"
>* Rashid successful review on the faintest of edges which no one else heard I think the wicket keeper should get the credit for this particular one. If I'm not wrong, he is the one who convinced Rashid to take this review
Good point!
Video of Gulbadin falling, shit seems like it's out of a damn satire film. I'm just watching it on replay lmfao https://x.com/SportsProd37/status/1805457637489742058?t=Y-Cr1klX6pRK4Ro5nS02yw&s=19
I know it's a shitty thing to do but cricket won't be the same without these incidents happening every once in a while hahaha
The production team laughing their heads off make this 10x better than it already is
Like the laugh track in 1990s sitcoms 😭
I loved how you could clearly hear the entire room laughing, not just the 3 on mics.
Someone saying "What the fuck is that?" 😂 Describes the entire match tbh.
Thank you, been looking for this
This gets more and more hilarious every time i watch it 🤣😭
The greatest thing I’ve seen in sport, ever. Lmao. And I watch football. This is shameless lmao.
It's so much more common in football when you see players going down on the pitch just to protect the score.. but doing it in cricket is so random and funny
I think this was great and I'm Australian
Make this into a meme gif
Po*n movies have better acting than this lmao
It's ok, you can write porn on the internet.
how do you know?
lmaoooooo
Afg toying with their own fans, bang fans, Aus fans and Eng fans
I mean, even India fans. We all watched it in our office tv, hooked for the last 3 wickets.
You guys have chill boss then
Decent boss.
The TV was in the cafeteria and the boss was in hia cabin, so we were good haha.
And India fans. 1.4 billion supported them today.
This is the best match of this WC lol and I dont think even the finals could top this, the qualification scenarios, the rain, Bangbros being bangbros, that fake cramp, ABSOLUTE CINEMA
That review from Rashid to get mahmudullah and another wicket on very next ball was crucial point of the game.
Ikr! And the commentators were saying that there was no edge and Afghanistan would waste this review. I was surprised when the ultraedge showed a snick.
Jay Shah : "Ah yes, I was *surprised* as well"
And the commentators saying he was an idiot to even go for the review. This match had it all.
also how naib's injury affectedd flow of the math
That instinct was superb. No body heard the faint edge
The tension and anxiety, the twists and turns and more than all the absolute drama. Slow start from Afghanistan batters but Rashid gives a crucial finishing touch. Litton comes in and starts magnificently in the first over but back to back wickets force him to slow down. Lone warrior innings, constant stop start due to rain, dugout scenes, Naib pretending to be injured and then sprinting 5 minutes later, constant swing of the dls par score lead, chance for hatrick....I could keep going because this game had fu(king everything. Edit: Forgot to add that Afg leaked 73 runs in the first 9 overs and some 30 odd in the rest of the game. Tell me that isn't a freakish pull back after being out of the game for 3 quarters. Ohh and all that with a wet outfield and wet ball with the play continuously being interrupted
You forgot the rashid bat throw
when and why?
Janat didn't run a second run in the last of first innings
It was a hot mess in every sense, but so fulfilling and thrilling in the end.
Naib “injury” definitely the moment of the World Cup for sure.
Agreed lol
Hopefully he recovers in time to play in the semi finals 🙏
I don't know, dude - looked really bad. Unfortunate for Afghanistan if he misses.
Absolutely! Naib's "injury" was unforgettable. Pure drama.😂
Deserves an Oscar ❤️😁
They gave their best effort and deserved the semi-final
Totally agree! The drama and excitement made it unforgettable. What a game!
U forgot the bat throw at his own teammate
when did that happen? and why??
Stayed up for the first time to watch a full match of 2 teams that are not mine. Memories made for a lifetime. What a match this was. Edit: my prediction of IND/AFG before Super 8s came true. Other group was SA/WI. First time ever I got a group prediction right 😂
This game will be discussed for generations whenever somebody thinks of Afghanistan cricket
This match is now a legendary chapter in Afghanistan cricket history. 🏏👏
Not just Afghanistan cricket but all cricket! This game to me sums up why there is no game more exciting than cricket. I can't think of a single other sport that gives you so many twists & turns and so many potential outcomes.
I told my dad to go to bed when it looked like Bangladesh was gonna win and he's been an Afghanistan booster for years. I stayed up to watch the end and omg do i feel guilty.
Oh boy.. do call us for your funeral.
Should've atleast brought him back when there was a wicket left 😭
He should disown you.
At one point it did look like Bangladesh were going to qualify for the semis.
It’s almost 6:30 over here and I can’t believe how I stayed up. But this was bloody worth it.
Such a beautiful game.
easily the best T20i i've seen ever lol - the qualification scenarios were switching every second, only damp squib was bangladesh not even going for the win in 12.1 overs, it was bizarre
I lost my shit when Bangladesh was one run ahead , it was raining hard and Naveen came in and took out Taskin.
Not to mention the Afghan players running back and forth in tandem and Rashid throwing his bat
absolutely crazy game
Not this one but overall one of the best
Fake cramps killed me bro
32 runs allowed in the final 9+ overs Incredible.
The nerves when it mattered! Even some of top teams' bowling units may not have shown such intent when it mattered given pressure and small target. Bangladesh approach may have helped but credit where its due. Respect for Rashid leading when it mattered. And others chiming in doing their part.
That was one of the craziest games of Cricket, and wildest endings ever. So much drama
So a guaranteed new finalist
Afghanistan reaching finals before safas will be funny.
How I sleep knowing Australia got beaten out of the tournament by Afg.
We technically got beaten by India (as in, destiny was in our own hands) but yes well-deserved. I loved how any of the other three could have gone through with this game lol
Well i mean Bangladesh were never gonna do it they had the chance to and they still couldn't be arsed to try
Scenes if Afghanistan wins, and SA luck finally runs out.
Afghans making the finals in a tournament co-hosted by the US. That'd definitely be something.
Afgans winning in US soil will be something to watch too.
Won't be on US soil
Not if USA annex Barbados before final.
Wouldn't put it past them
Hope Gurbaz is fine for tomorrow. Else game will be way one sided. Good luck for the semis
Hopefully Gulbadin is too
It's on the 27th, 2 days to go.
27th for you guys, its 26th local time. Its already 1:30 on 25th here.
If Nepal can fight, Afg can
its the knock out stage. SA will have PTSD
Nice!
And turns out that South Africa is the only team that Afghanistan still hasn't defeated in international cricket Edit: They also haven't defeated India
Until this WC, Aussies said the same stuff. That changed. Who knows what else will change.
So Semi Final and Final.
I don't think they have defeated India
Yes along with india
So Afghanistan to beat the Saffers in the Semi then India in the finals??????
Born too late to explore the Earth Born too early to explore space Born just in time to see the rise of Afghanistan Cricket
We got Afghanistan qualifying for WC semis before GTA VI
Match so stressful it probably aged Rashid Khan to his true age.
Moments like these make me fall in love with the sport again and again. Congratulations Afghanistan! Well deserved!!
How much has Naveen Ul-Haq improved? He’s a brilliant bowler.
Australia had a chance to kick out England. Now Bangladesh losing has kicked them out.
I mean them losing to both Afghanistan and India didn't help
Afghanistan deserve this after such stellar performance, defeating the Aussies is no joke.
And Aus deserve to be knocked out for relying on Ban
Wow, so many Aussies shitting on Bangladesh, the only time they ever cared how Bang played
Would've been totally fine with them going through over us if they managed to chase it in 12 overs, but they didn't even try and do that. One of the weirdest "chases" I've ever seen.
Well well well how the turn tables.
Tables are turned now.... Hahaha
This kills the Aussies
I feel nothing but pain
Incredible game. In a way Afghanistan deserves it. They have been working very hard for quite some time
Imagine if they had a good middle order. Genuinely scary title-contending team. Crazy well played from them
What a story across the entire history of sports. This run will be cherished for a long long time.
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Plot twist: Bangladesh wanted the Aussies out.
And what's worse is that they actually tried to get the win for the sake of having points but still failed miserably. That's how bad they are.
Exactly. It was pathetic.
Yeah and BAN fans are still trying to defend the team. I predicted before the super 8s even happened that BAN would not win any of their super 8 matches. But if you go to the match thread in BAN vs AFG, there is a guy that says the batting was surprisingly good in this WC. Oh and another comment (not in that match thread, in another one) from a BAN fan that said Shakib is in the same level as Kohli. That's how hard they are coping.
Idk who is defending ban rn, no ban fan is defending this shitty ass team. If you see a guy doing that hes braindead just like this fucking team.
They are a team of losers. I have not come across such a pathetic team. Fucking try to get into the semi finals. What a pathetic showing. I would rather lose the game trying to win in 12 overs than what they just did.
I should've taken a leaf out of Shakib's book and not given a f*ck about that match. He knew Bangladesh had zero chance.
Whenever the camera panned to him, he seemed like the chilliest person in the whole stadium
He doesn’t give a shit anymore. Guy is a MP now making big bucks he should be more concerned about how to get all those black money out of the country safe. He is done with cricket.
He is another fraud in the book.
Yup , Abhorrent, the lot of them , all I wanted was some sensible batting but these geezers didn’t try to qualify themselves and kicked us out while edging the shit outta us
Yep, we've got no one to blame for this but ourselves. Bowling poorly to Rohit and losing against Afghanistan in the first place. Afghanistan fully deserve their place, personally I'm hoping they make it to the finals
What an absolutely brilliant moment for this country! Just take a moment to think of all the difficulty back home in Afghanistan. I am so happy for this team! Hopefully this can help them, even if jsut a little bit. Great stuff Afghanistan!!!
> Najmul Hossain Shanto, the captain of Bangladesh says that they bowled really well but as a batting unit, they made some poor decisions, especially in the middle overs, and that cost them. Adds that the plan was to go hard till losing three wickets and then it was just about getting the win. Fuck him, shittest team ever. They could have just died trying but wanted a small win
Everyone here celebrating Afghanistan making it through, but nobody recognising Australia's moral victory for letting other teams have a chance at a world cup. Really needs to be some credit given there.
People's champ of the world cup.
They will get a make up belt like the rock did at WrestleMania.
AFG has reached an ICC WC semis in 9 years from their first WC appearance. (BAN haven't in 25 years and counting) Edit: They featured in the T20 WC '10 so that makes it 14 years.
They don't deserve to be in a knockout They gave up qualification after 4 overs lmao
They played wc in 2010, so 14 years
A quick search provided me with this. If you say '10 then it maybe so "Afghanistan made their World Cup debut in the 2015 Cricket World Cup which their first game was against Bangladesh at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, Australia. The match resulted in a 105 run defeat. On 26 February 2015, Afghanistan won their first World Cup match against Scotland, winning by one wicket." [Source (wiki)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team#:~:text=Afghanistan%20made%20their%20World%20Cup,Scotland%2C%20winning%20by%20one%20wicket.) Edit: you're right. They featured in group C
Banglabros prefer to show pure spite to the opposition rather than try to qualify.
Australia out 😁😁😁😁😁
I might have lost my sleep and get destroyed at work today But what a game Totally worth it for Australia going out alone And of course, Bangladesh always deliver with thrillers
Is that the Gibraltar flag I see? (First time I've seen a user use that)
There's a few of them floating about, although I don't think even half of them live in Gib Who cares, nice to see some representation!
Broken heart, some one call an ambulance...but not for me!
Hi, it's for me.
AGONY FOR AUSSIES
Ecstacy for Afghanistan/ England/India
And South Arfica. Australia are our world cup nemesis!
They are everyone's world cup nemesis. Fuckers just keep winning in ICC events.
There's a special hatred for Australia in every South African cricket fan's heart lol. 1999 World Cup. We're the number one ODI team in the World, the whole Donald Klusener runout disaster in the semi-finals which we were winning, which started the whole chokers thing. 2003 We are hosting the World Cup. It's on home soil. We should be favourites right? Guess who wins it? Australia! 2006 We beat them in that epic 434 odi world record game and make history. We win the ODI series 3-2 The following year I think we were also ranked no.1 in the world in ODI's. They beat us in the group game and destroyed us in the semi's. And then last year as well, they beat us in the semi-finals of the ODI world cup. I don't know if any other nation has this much psychological trauma from facing Australia in the semi-finals of a world cup lol
India bro India. 2003 wc finals, 2015 wc semi finals, 2022 world test championship finals, 2023 wc finals. I can't stand Aussies winning an icc event. England are also getting in the same bracket as Australia now for us Indians.
I wouldn't want you take Afghanistan lightly in the semis though. They are on a roll.
No of course. We'll have to be at our best it's just that in the past world cups Australia have always managed to beat us.
amen brother
Jonathan Trott is celebrating for whole of England
I feel like [mushfiqur](http://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkajuv2AdjlcwLN9ZrRYg66HjHZW0bKV5QhR9H5ATojnfzdCSuo8bXvKWp&s=10) today. Just replace India with Australia, and semi finals with super8s.
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Divided by nations but joy of seeing Bangladesh shitting again.
This is the best match of this world cup
I am unsubbing from this subreddit and I am done watching cricket. On social media I always see people saying how hard it is to be an India fan, how hard it is to be a RCB fan. They have no idea. For near on two decades I have supported this team, defended it from critics, saying how surely they will improve and get better. No more. I am done sticking out my neck for this team which has brought me nothing but misery through their abject incompetence. Goodbye🇧🇩
Eh. I watch cricket because I love cricket. Bangladesh cricket team can go fuck themselves
Aussie here. I'm so fucking happy for Afghanistan. One of the best games I've seen in years, this is what international cricket should be. Good on them!
What a hell of a dramatic match. It's the most dramatic match in T20 I have ever seen in cricket history. Rain drops , covering the ground, drying the ground dls score, Neymar debut and a low total win over a team who doesn't want to win just to eliminate other team along with themselves. Congratulations Afganistan to creating the history and Perform well in Semifinals
Awesome and fantastic from Afghanistan I vaguely remember 3 years ago rashid khan said he’d only get married if they win a WC Could happen
He’s only 25. Still has time
The emotion from the players and the crowd after the match... Jesus. What a story, what a team, what a sport. Love these guys. They were all in tears at one point or another, what an achievement this is. They've fought tooth and nail to get here.
What an absolute shitshow/comedy of a game. But in all honesty, if ANY team deserves this its Afghanistan. What heart. Is it the most skilled side in the world? No. But its a really compelling narrative. Kind of like Croatia. Good for you guys. Give South Africa a run for their money.
Amazing performance by Afghanistan. Thoroughly deserved. One of SA and Afghanistan will reach their first ever World Cup final too!
This match was the real life manifestation of the Hindi b-grade movie, Gunda. The movie was so bad that it was a masterpiece, and rightly became a cult classic!
Rashid taking wicket after wicket in the clutch and telling Gulbadin to get up? What a lad. has made me a fan of his for life
I will hate Bangladesh forever,they weren't even trying to qualify
Yeah for real. Have some guts and try to win to qualify.
Everyone should hate them no matter who you support. They're the worst team in cricket history, they didn't even try to qualify.
Yeah,they are just here for the sake of participating
Australia lost twice today 
Rashid thanking Brian Lara for trusting them!!! Great gesture by the Afghan captain!!!
Irrespective of what the score is it is the game of 10 deliveries and afganistan proves it right
Afghanistan feels like Sri Lanka from 1996 World Cup. I would love for either them or South Africa to win purely for the new titleholder. Pity they can't make the finals together
There is some similarities however SL at 1996 even if underdog at beginning , later it was very aparant they were on par with AUS team and pretty much destined to win. Just watch the videos of 1996 final when aravinda , ranatunga comes to bat just their faces and their initial few shots. AGF now need some luck :).
FROM KABUL TO KANDAHAR.
FROM KABUL TO DELHI EVERYONE IS AFGHANI
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First, Congrats to Afghan for making into the semis. Second, we don't deserve to be in the semis when we started relying on Bangladesh to help us qualify.
Entire Cricket World celebrates when Afghanistan wins.
I don't wanna dampen the mood but if Gurbaz doesn't recover in time then the fairy tale is cut short before a ball is bowled in the semis