The last match of the Super 8 stage in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. What a match it was, tremendous and spectacular... The match had all the elements that fans expect. The heroes of the match were Naveen Ul Haq and Rashid Khan, the 'Player of the Match' for the Afghan team. Both took 4 wickets each. On the strength of the performance of these two, the Afghanistan team reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the first time.
Even the supporters present in the stadium were filled with tears. Cricket pundits could not even imagine this achievement that moved cricket lovers from the Caribbean to Kabul. This feat was achieved by a team from a country that has suffered political instability and the horrors of war, and which does not even have its own ground for practice.
While the fans' eyes were on the performance of Bangladesh and Afghanistan in this match, Australia's eyes were also on the result of this match. Because if Afghanistan had lost, Australia would have got a ticket to the T20 World Cup, but this did not happen. Overall, Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh in this match and ensured a ticket to the final-4.
Afghanistan's victory today (25 June) against Bangladesh was important, but the special thing was that Afghanistan's journey to the semi-finals cannot be called a fluke because in this great journey to the semi-finals, it stunned even a team like Australia. In the group matches, Afghanistan defeated a strong team like New Zealand.
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This victory proved one thing that this time the Afghanistan team came to play with a new intention. Let us tell you how Afghanistan's journey was in the Super 8 and Group C matches.
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