New Delhi. Afghanistan’s cricket team performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. Of course, this team may have lost to South Africa in the semi-finals, but before this match, it performed effectively throughout the tournament. Afghanistan’s batsmen easily surrendered in front of South African bowlers. Earlier, this team created history by defeating strong teams like New Zealand and Australia. However, despite the semi-final defeat, Afghanistan will get crores of rupees. This will be given to them as prize money by the ICC. Rashid Khan and company are being praised all around at this time.
In the first semi-final played in Trinidad, South Africa bowled out Afghanistan (SA vs AFG) for 56 runs. After this, the Proteas team won the match by 9 wickets. The South African team has reached the World Cup final for the first time. On the other hand, Afghanistan’s fast bowler Fazhlak Farooqui created history. Farooqui has become the highest wicket-taker in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. The ICC has set the total prize money for the T20 World Cup at Rs 20.36 crore. Out of this, the team losing in the semi-finals will get Rs 6.55 crore. In such a situation, the Afghan team will be given this many crores as a prize.
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Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan is saddened by the one-sided defeat to South Africa in the T20 World Cup semi-final. But he said that this is the beginning for his team and this tournament has given them the confidence to beat any team. Afghanistan had to face defeat by nine wickets after being bowled out for their lowest score of 56 runs in the first semi-final against South Africa.
Rashid said after the match, ‘It was difficult for us as a team. We would have performed better but the conditions did not favor us. This is T20 cricket in which you have to adapt to every situation.’ He said that his team has learned a lot from this tournament. According to Rashid Khan, ‘This is just the beginning for us. We are getting the confidence to defeat any team. We have to focus on the process. We have learned a lot from here. We are taking confidence from this tournament. We know that we have the skill but here we learned to play in difficult and pressure situations.’
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 27, 2024, 20:37 IST