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After registering a historic win over Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said the team has been missing such a great moment in the last two years. Afghanistan kept alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals by defeating Australia by 21 runs in the Super-8 match. This is also his first win against Australia. Rashid said after the match, “This is a big win for us as a team and as a country. This is a wonderful feeling that we were missing for the last two years. I am really happy with this win and proud of my players.
‘140 was a good score but’
Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (60) and Ibrahim Zadran (51) scored half-centuries, but despite this, Afghanistan could only manage 148 for 6. After this, Gulabdin Naib took a career-best 4 for 20 and was instrumental in restricting Australia to 127 runs in 19.2 overs. “140 was a good score on this wicket but we didn’t bat as well as we should have,” said Rashid. Our opening batsmen gave us a very good start. We kept the faith after this. The beauty of this team is that it has good all-rounders and great options.
Rashid Khan will lose sleep now
Glenn Maxwell’s historic double century put Rashid to sleep after the ODI World Cup match in Mumbai in November last year. However, Rashid now has no complaints about staying up all night happy after beating Australia. Australia chased down a target of 292 runs to win the ODI World Cup with the loss of seven wickets for 91 runs. Despite being injured in this match, Maxwell played an unbeaten innings of 201 runs off 128 balls with the help of 21 fours and 10 sixes. “I think I can sleep better now,” said Rashid. I did not sleep well that night. The memories of that match will always remain in our minds.
‘Beat the best team in the World Cup’
He said, “Apparently, I couldn’t sleep that night (November 7, 2023). It seems the same will happen today. I can’t sleep today because of happiness. Today the entire team is happy.” He said that the people of the war-torn country will get a chance to celebrate the victory. “It’s a big win for us as a team, as a nation,” Rashid said after Afghanistan’s first win against Australia in any format of international cricket. It is not just a two-sided game. This is a World Cup match and obviously you are beating the best team in the World Cup. This is a great achievement. His team is the winner of the 2021 World Cup.
‘Cricket is the only source of smiles’
“Beating a team like this gives you a lot of energy and you don’t even sleep,” he said, “I said earlier that cricket is the only source of smile on people’s faces in Afghanistan. People can celebrate that there. I think That we are very lucky to be able to give this happiness to our housemates. We rarely see such occasions in our house where they can celebrate and enjoy those moments. This is something that really satisfies me.”