This uncommon incident occurred when Bangladesh, chasing a revised goal of 114 in 19 overs, had been at 81 for 7.Noting that Afghanistan was forward on the DLS depend at that time, coach Jonathan Trott signaled the gamers to decelerate the sport. Simply earlier than the subsequent ball of the 12th over, slip fielder Gulbadin Naib immediately dropped to the bottom, clutching his hamstring.
This sequence of occasions left commentators and cricketers on social media in splits.
India’s star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin additionally took to social media and jokingly wrote: “purple card for Gulbadin Naib”.
After Afghanistan sealed the semifinal berth, Naib got here up with a crypitic reply to Ashwin.
“Kabi khushi kabi gham principal huta hai hamstring,” Naib mentioned.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board shared pictures of the elated gamers, equivalent to Rashid Khan and Naib, hugging one another following the group’s profitable protection of a modest adjusted goal of 114 runs when going through Bangladesh.
Supporters of Afghan cricket throughout numerous nations commemorated the unprecedented feat by sharing clips of themselves performing the normal Attan dance.
