Date: 25th June, Year: 1983 and the World Cup in Kapil’s hands… Find out today why India is happy with this win over Afghanistan.

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New Delhi:

Crowd of people, tears in eyes, sweets and crackers in hand. This is the celebration of Afghanistan reaching the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the first time. Afghanistan is a cricket team that hardly anyone could have imagined to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. Considered weak among other strong teams, this team showed such strength in the T20 World Cup that it is being talked about everywhere. Why not, they have reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup by defeating the mighty Australia and now Bangladesh. The way Kangaroos’ World Cup tickets have been bought from him, will surely bring chills to the hearts of Indian fans. The whole of Afghanistan is in a state of celebration due to the brilliant performance of its team. This moment for Afghanistan is what it was for India in 1983, when Kapil had the World Cup in his hands. At that time the Indian team was considered weak.

The climate in Afghanistan is different. Celebrations are going on everywhere, as if Holi and Diwali have come without any season. Afghanistan looks like revenge. Somewhere there are tears of happiness in someone’s eyes and somewhere someone is bursting firecrackers. So someone is distributing sweets. Cricket has rarely brought such happiness in Afghanistan.

Tears of happiness in Afghanistan’s eyes

Zameer Afghan, a student of Kabul University, could not control his emotions while watching this match. He said that I could not control my emotions on every ball, every run, every boundary, every wicket. The 20-year-old student said it was morning but I was still shouting and jumping. I was in no condition to control myself. I couldn’t hold back my tears as Australia reached the semi-finals. The Afghan said that Afghanistan as a country has struggled a lot, but such moments are few and far between for us.

Afghanistan erupted in celebration

This victory in Afghanistan with very limited resources under the rule of the Taliban is the pinnacle of some good son’s success. India has a big role to play in reviving cricket in Afghanistan. The Afghan team was trained in India. So this victory of Afghanistan is also giving happiness to Indians. It is seen in a video on social media that as soon as the Afghan team won by 8 runs, there was no limit to their happiness. Fans gather in the streets of Khost province. The Afghanistan Cricket Board has also shared pictures of the crowd’s celebration on its Twitter account.

As Afghanistan beat Bangladesh to book a place in the semi-finals, it was as if the whole of Afghanistan was on the road. Social media has been flooded with congratulatory messages for the team. Rashid Khan, the hero of this big win, said that reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup is like a dream for us. Our start in the tournament was the main reason we got here.

Congratulatory messages poured in on Twitter

A Twitter user named Pikachu wrote, “This victory for Afghanistan is very personal. India is proud and happy of Afghanistan. Teasing Australia, he wrote that congratulations to Australia for qualifying for Sydney airport.

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