New Delhi: Afghanistan has become the first team to be eliminated from the Super-12 of the T20 World Cup 2022. Afghanistan (SL vs AFG) had to face defeat by 6 wickets at the hands of Sri Lanka today. Since then the team is now out of the race for the semi-finals. This tournament was very bad for Afghanistan. The team had to travel a lot due to rain. At the same time, now something happened to an Afghan batsman in the match against Sri Lanka, which would leave anyone laughing.
This incident is of the 18th over of Afghanistan’s innings. When Sri Lankan spinner Mahish Teekshana was bowling, Mohammad Nabi was batting in front. At the same time, Nabi played the middle stump ball towards midwicket. He took one run easily. But, the other batsman Gulbadin Naib wanted to take the second run. He had come forward almost half the pitch. But, then the prophet refused to take the run and sent him back.
When Gulbadin was returning, his legs got tangled and he fell. After which he also rolled some distance. But could not reach the crease and was run out. Seeing the way Gulbadin fell, anyone would laugh. This video is going viral very fast on social media.
Talking about the match, Afghan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and elected to bat first. Where, the team could score only 144 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Wanindu Hasaranga took three wickets for Sri Lanka. While Lahiru Kumara also took two wickets. Kasun Rajita and Dhananjay de Silva also showed the way to the 1-1 Afghan player to the pavilion.
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At the same time, the Sri Lanka team, chasing 145 runs, had a bad start. Team’s opener Pathum Nisanka was dismissed after scoring 10 runs in 10 balls. But, then Kusal Mendis (25) and Dhananjay de Silva took over from there. Dhananjay de Silva remained unbeaten till the last on 66 off 42 balls. Later Sri Lanka achieved the target in the 19th over for the loss of only 4 wickets. Rashid Khan and Mujibur Rahman took 2-2 wickets for Afghanistan in this match.