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Afghanistan booked their place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Tuesday after defeating Bangladesh by 8 runs in the Super-8 match. In the last match of the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup against Bangladesh, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott signaled his players to slow down from beyond the boundary line and then Gulbadin Naib dramatically fell on his back, leaving the former cricketers questioning whether he was actually in pain. He returned to the field after being out for a while due to injury and also bowled.
Naib, fielding in the slips, complained of cramp in the 12th over. Earlier, Trott was seen on camera instructing his players to slow down the pace of play as his team continued to lead using the Duckworth-Lewis system when play was interrupted by rain.
The match was interrupted several times due to rain. At that point, Bangladesh were 81 for seven and were two runs short of a revised target of 114 in 19 overs. Afghanistan made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time with an eight-run win. Simon Dull commented, “Coaches are giving the message to slow down and suddenly the player standing at first slip falls for no reason. This is unacceptable.”
“Oscar or Emmy,” said Zimbabwean commentator Pomi Mbangwa.
Naib was treated and fast bowler Navinul Haque took him off the field. After this it started raining again and the players went to the dugout. After a while the game resumed. Naib returned to the field in the 13th over and also took the wicket of Tanzeem Hasan in the 15th over.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin wrote on Twitter, “Red card to Gulbadin Naib.”
Former England captain Michael Vaughan wrote, “The spirit of cricket lives on. It was good to see Gulbadin become the first cricketer in cricket history to come back and take a wicket 25 minutes after being dropped.
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Former New Zealand cricketer and commentator Ian Smith has written, “I have been suffering from knee pain for the last six months. Now after the match I will go straight to Gulbuddin Naib’s doctor. It is currently the eighth wonder of the world.