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In the T20 World Cup 2024, the Afghanistan team has created history by entering the semi-finals. The Afghanistan team has achieved this feat by defeating Bangladesh in the last match of the Super-8. With this victory of Afghanistan, the tour of Bangladesh and Australia in the T20 World Cup has ended. Now India, Afghanistan, South Africa and England will clash for the title.
What did Rashid Khan say?
After winning this match, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said that reaching the semi-finals is like a dream for us. When we started the tournament, we did not know where we would finish. When we defeated New Zealand, we gained confidence. I do not know in which words I should express my feelings. I have no words. Brian Lara has contributed a lot to the way we have reached the semi-finals. I told him that we will not disappoint you. Before the match, we thought that 130-135 would be a good score on this ground. But we were 15-20 runs behind.
My entire team did a great job. Bowling is our strength in T20. Our fast bowlers are capable. They started the tournament well which made our job easier. It rained intermittently during the match, but we were mentally prepared. Our entire focus was on taking 10 wickets. We knew that this is the only way to reach the semi-finals and there is no other way. The whole country will be proud of our victory. Reaching the semi-finals is a big thing for us. But we will play hard in the future as well. We will not take pressure. We will enjoy this big match and give our best performance.
Bangladesh captain said this
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto said that we bowled well. We continued to perform well on many occasions in the match. We could not show unity in batting. We took wrong decisions especially in the middle overs due to which we had to face defeat. Our plan was to start well in the first 6 overs. The plan was that if we lose early wickets, we will bat comfortably. But this did not happen. Our middle order did not perform well. We bowled well throughout the tournament. Both fast bowlers and spinners performed brilliantly. Especially Rishad Hussain left a deep impression. We also fielded well. We did not perform well in batting. We will fix it.