Defeat in semi-final, 'Afghanistan's aim was to knock Australia out'

  

 

Defeat in semi-final, 'Afghanistan's aim was to knock Australia out'

In the first

In the semi-final played in Trinidad on Thursday, the Afghan team proved to be a wall of sand in front of South Africa's bowling and the entire team collapsed for 56 runs.

South Africa achieved an easy target of 57 runs for the loss of just one wicket.

However, the performance of the Afghan team in this tournament was excellent.

Afghanistan easily defeated tough opponents like New Zealand in the group round.

After that, in the Super Eight stage, Afghanistan also suffered a historic defeat against Australia and reached the semi-finals of any ICC event for the first time.

In the tournament, while Afghanistan performed well as a team, the Afghan players were able to perform individually as well.

Afghanistan team is developing rapidly in cricket. Earlier, the Afghan team defeated Pakistan and England in the ODI World Cup played in India last year.

On the other hand, social media website X (formerly Twitter) is also seeing comments from users regarding the first semi-final.

The X-Handle Danda Academy commented in meme style that "Afghanistan's sole aim was to knock Australia out and avenge Maxwell."

Sri Tama writes in her post that "Don't think of Afghanistan as weak at all, the fact that they have played the semi-final of the World Cup is a big thing." South Africa have reached the final after losing several knockout matches. Afghanistan will also go to the final very soon. Be patient.