Former England captain and renowned commentator Michael Vaughan made a massive claim as he called Afghanistan the second-best Asian team following the side’s astonishing victory over Australia in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Vaughan lauded the Afghanistan cricket team, stating that it has extremely skilful players, who were led brilliantly by star spinner Rashid Khan.
“Great win for Afghanistan .. they have a genuine chance now of reaching the final. They will fancy beating any of the teams in the other group in Trinidad with their bowling attack,” wrote Vaughan.
“It’s no surprise anymore that Afghanistan produce performances like we have just witnessed .. Extremely skillful set of players & brilliantly led by [Rashid Khan],” he added.
Michael Vaughan then acknowledged a user’s remarks, who said Afghanistan is the second-best team in Asia, but the former cricketer specified the claim to white-ball cricket.
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Afghanistan, on Saturday, created history, when they registered a comfortable 21-run victory over one of the most dominant forces in the world, Australia.
The victory also revived Afghanistan’s chances to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024 as they now need to win their last Super Eights fixture against Bangladesh and hope India beat Australia.
Put into bat first, Afghanistan registered a formidable total of 148/6 in the allotted 20 overs, courtesy of a solid start provided by the openers.
Both Afghan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored half-centuries while the rest made modest contributions.
In response, Australia were bundled out on a paltry 127 and thus succumbed to a gut-wrenching defeat.
Glenn Maxwell waged a lone battle for the 2021 champions with a gutsy half-century but his efforts were not enough to steer his side to victory.
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