T20 World Cup: Afghanistan accused of 'cheating' after act caught on camera R Ashwin reacts

Afghanistan accused of “cheating”© X (Twitter)

The Afghanistan cricket team booked their progression to the semi-finals of the 2024 T20 World Cup, beating Bangladesh in their final Super 8 match of the tournament. Although it was a deserving victory for Afghanistan, many shocking incidents left the social media world perplexed. The most significant incident that made headlines was the shock injury claim of Afghan star Gulbadin Naib, which appeared to have come on the instructions of coach Jonathan Trott. Seeing the act caught on camera, “accusations of cheating” were even made against Naib, Trott and Afghanistan.

Gulbadin Naib appeared to have ‘faked’ his injury by falling while performing slides while holding his hamstring. The incident even forced the medical team to rush and pull him out. Not only the Bangladesh team but also Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan seemed frustrated with this act.

“The coach sends a message to say slow down, slow down and the first slip falls unnecessarily to the ground. This is unacceptable. It’s gone anyway. I understand it could have gone anyway because of rain,” Simon said. Doull while commentating during the match.

Zimbabwean commentator Pommie Mbangwa also joked: “Oscar, Emmy?”

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Seeing the incident, Ravichandran Ashwin, Michael Vaughan, etc. took to social media to make jokes.

Afghanistan made the entire cricketing world stand up and take notice as they shrugged off the ‘minnow’ label and confirmed their status among the sport’s elite teams.

Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan admitted after the match that it was a dream come true moment for him and the team.

“As a team, it’s like a dream to be in the semi-final. It’s all about how we started the tournament. The belief came when we beat New Zealand. I didn’t no words to describe this feeling. The only guy who put us in the semifinals was Brian Lara and we proved it. I told him we wouldn’t let you down. We thought 130-135 was a good one. total on this wicket We were 15-20 runs short on the mindset. We knew they would attack us hard to follow that up in 12 overs. clear on our plans. We have made the effort, it is in our hands,” he said.

The Afghans will next face South Africa in the semi-final of the 2024 T20 World Cup.

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