Rashid Khan lauds Afghanistan\'s upset victory over Australia

Afghanistan captain and Big Bash cult hero Rashid Khan has lauded his team's upset victory over Australia, which could put his team into the semi-finals.

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has hailed his team’s stunning upset victory over Australia, which puts them in the box seat to reach the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.

After being sent in to bat by Mitchell Marsh, Afghanistan posted a total of 149, which proved to be more than enough as Australia were bowled out for 128 in St Vincent.

“It’s a massive win for us as a team and as a nation, in the World Cup, beating champions. I think it’s great feeling,” A beaming Rashid said after the 21-run victory.

“That’s something we had in our mind, 140 was a good total on this wicket. The belief was always we didn’t finish our innings as we should have. But this is what this wicket is all about. There will be some time that you will struggle, and I think we struggled at the end.

“But credit goes to the openers. They gave us the best start, and that’s something which led us to get to the total. And I think that was a kind of total we had in the mind, watching two games before.

“Anything 130 plus, we said we’re capable of defending that as long we keep calm, and we just have that belief.”

Afghanistan’s openers put on a 118-run stand before the first wicket fell, with Rahmanullah Gurbaz making 60 in 49 balls and Ibrahim Zadran hitting 51 from 48.

Rashid said he would have chosen to bat first, and was happy with his team’s total on an inconsistent pitch.

“We were thinking to bat first, because we saw the wicket in the last two games, and it was getting slower and slower,” Rashid said.

“So we thought if we get anything around 130, 140, we’re capable of defending that. And credit goes to the openers. They gave us the best start, and that’s something which led us to get to the total.”

The win puts Afghanistan in a strong position to reach the semi-finals, with a clash against England in St Lucia on Saturday to come.

“We have one more game to go, and we just have to keep calm and keep believing in ourselves,” Rashid said.

“We have another big game coming up against England, and we just have to play our best cricket and see what happens.”

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