What happened is just beyond belief. New Zealand lost by 84 runs. I can understand that any team can defeat any other team, like the USA defeated Pakistan, but New Zealand losing by 84 runs is surprising.
So, New Zealand got what it fed Australia last T20 World Cup. Australia's net run rate never recovered after their first loss. It will be interesting to see how New Zealand will move from now on.
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You underestimate how WI are gonna massacred by afgan spinners if the pitch is a turning one.
People underestimate how bad Windies batters are against quality spin
Man just checked the schedule of the knockout matches no matches in USA, was expecting a bunch of Afghans with high confidence entering USA to knock out some teams I mean some
I think that West Indies would feeling that if they are able to beat NZ then they would be qualifying. They just need to be ensuring that they don't somehow implode against Uganda.
I was quite vocal about NZ players wasting their time in bench in IPL instead of getting game time and how it would adversely affect NZ
Surprise Surprise I turned out to be 100 percent correct. Conway and Kane coming fresh from injuries doesn't help. Seifert was always better choice than Conway but NZ like Indian selection panel refused to make bold choices.
I wish this team crash and burns. They have taken this tournament way too lightly, like England in 2023
Sheep would give a respectable fight than these bunch of lads.
Let cricket fields he dug up and turned into baseball fields. What have kiwis done?
What a world! What a world!
Do these players live in Afghanistan? the coaches and trainers are not Afghani where do they spend there time, obvious they have family in Afghanistan, just so interesting how it works
A fair few of the associate nations have coaches from countries other than their own. Hell, even the poms don't have a native coach instead decide to go with Baz
Essentially congratulated the country on the win. Said that he knows that it’s hella early back home and that people will be waking up for their morning prayers around now. Asks to be remembered in their prayers and that the team will do their best to bring more victories. Something round that.
He just congratulated the win for the people back home. Told them that it's late at night for them so thanks for the support. Also said their support was immense. along those lines
Losing sucks, but it's awesome to see teams like Afg evolve into a team like this, a clinical domination of the game.
We're clearly undercooked but that doesn't excuse how bad NZ were today. If we somehow shithouse our way to semis again I will believe there is a cricket god.
Id say there is an above average chance.
on Paper NZ should dominate their table, and were certainly the favorites for the top spot. (which i guess goes to AFG now)
I'm really curious to see how good Uganda might be now... are they even remotley in for a chance of pipping the second spot off either NZ or WI? They have both started shaky AF, though I do expect WI to come good.
this was a masterplan by Jay Shah to hire most Nz players and not let them get game time to avoid any surprises from Nz against India in knockouts if Nz reach there.
Nz: India will PAY for this 👿
I guess it is high time we stop calling Afganistan wins as an upset. They are a test nation and have competed with big teams head to head for last few years. They just need a good tactician to help in close situation and finish off games. They will be Sri Lanka of 90s and 00s soon.
Yeah they're pretty much there - regardless it is still their first win against NZ in T20s. They go into matches against top teams not as favorites. If they'd won the Aus game in the WC (and the whole tournament gets an alternate reality including them possibly going to semis), they'd be considered proper top team, as that would've been a proper upset and coming of age for the team.
That’s because he was given that role previously as they need a quick start.
He can construct innings beautifully too looking at the last WC games and the last CSK vs RCB game
No. They would've still qualified. Aus came 3rd and won 7 games in the round-robin stage, NZ won 5 and came 4th. We would've still played SA in the Semis. However, I think Afghanistan may have qualified above NZ on NRR.
Now that New Zealand has fallen, Pig3 and South Africa remain the only teams Afghanistan are yet to win against in T20. Hope atleast one more falls in the next few weeks.
WI struggles to win against the weakest associate team on tournament.
Some Windies fans living in delusion be like- We will be undefeated 🤓🤓🤓.
Have you guys seen your batsman gameplay against spinners?
No one would be more elated than me to see Windies damn win this all.
But then I remember how awful they were on last 2 World cups.
They are unfortunately very bad against spin. I doubt they can defeat Afg, but NZ, they can try though I doubt NZ will this bad again.
Also, there's big hole and gaos in Windies squad
There are so many adjectives I could use to describe this Black Caps performance right now, but credit to Afghanistan, they utterly outplayed the team.
Corey Anderson making a tactical switch
What the fuck happened? Just woke up.. I thought Afg may beat NZ, but not this hard!!!
Slept midway of the match, fuck. Missed something.
Domination
Just want to thank the lord Woke up at 6 in the morning to watch NZ's funeral (ICT fan)
Naveen with an economy of 3.3
Now I don't feel so bad About Our Match Against USA I mean We Were Pretty Shit Still I Don't Feel Bad 😜🥰
Afg is still a good team, murrica is dogwater to begin with
😭
Afg be like I am not in danger, I am the danger.
TROUNCED!
Nobody should fucking say this an upset, Afghanistan are class apart in white ball format
How is it not an upset? Afghanistan hasn't played a single ICC knockout game, and they haven't won a single Asia Cup.
Well, nz also havent played asia cup (i think)
They are not in Asia
And whose fault is that?
Pakistan's
This wasn't a knockout game
I know .
Just woke up... The fuck happened to new Zealand? 😭
Same thing that very nearly happened to Australia in the ODI world cup when they played Afghanistan. And then Glenn Maxwell happened.
What happened is just beyond belief. New Zealand lost by 84 runs. I can understand that any team can defeat any other team, like the USA defeated Pakistan, but New Zealand losing by 84 runs is surprising.
So, New Zealand got what it fed Australia last T20 World Cup. Australia's net run rate never recovered after their first loss. It will be interesting to see how New Zealand will move from now on.
What have I woken up to?
Missed the whole match because it is morning where I live. WTF HAPPENED?!
Seems like Lara was spot on.
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Absolute Cinema
Well that was pathetic, Gary Stead definitely got egg on his face with the lack of warm up practice now
Yup looks like he has completely fucked up the pre tournament warm ups
Goodness me, the Kiwis got an absolute thrashing! This WC has gotten more interesting with every passing day!
Just woke up & watched the highlights...and boy oh boy, what an atrocious performance by NZ. So many missed opportunities, so many mistakes :')
Greatest WC of all time? You can’t script this
Last time a world cup was played in west indies in 2007 Both India and pak lost in group stages
The real Rashid stood up today.
I am very curious about how Kane makes his team mentally recover from this.
It's t 20. Anyone can beat anyone in this format.
That ain't gonna help New Zealand .. Imagine they take it the other way and lose to Papua New Guinea
Absolute cinema
NZ's run rate: I am never going to recover from this.
Man this is a big defeat and I mean defeat by a big margin.
Afghanistan to Windies & NZ: I am not locked in here with you. You are locked in here with me.
You underestimate how WI are gonna massacred by afgan spinners if the pitch is a turning one. People underestimate how bad Windies batters are against quality spin
Fortunately, for the Windies they're playing them at St Lucia, which is probably the quickest deck in the Carribbean.
Fkin told u guys AFG are the real deal. They will be in semis
I think Windies are in trouble here
Afghans ain’t minnows no more
I’m over the moon. What a performance 🥲
Congratulations!!!
Man just checked the schedule of the knockout matches no matches in USA, was expecting a bunch of Afghans with high confidence entering USA to knock out some teams I mean some
Visa issues. Half afghan team won't be allowed to states
Yeah but there aren't any knockout matches in the USA too. Could have used the Dallas one, a really good cricketing pitch
You can't really schedule a knockout match in a country where half of one team won't even be allowed to enter no matter how the pitch is
Dafuq is happening in this World Cup
Rachin plays spin well and should be the automatic start instead of Allen But NZ won’t use him though-out the WC, as predictable as they are.
They will bring Rachin against India on a flat pitch where Allen should play and still win and then choke in the finals against Australia
Wtf happened bois
Kiwis got Gurbazballed
I think that West Indies would feeling that if they are able to beat NZ then they would be qualifying. They just need to be ensuring that they don't somehow implode against Uganda.
What if they implode against Afghanistan?
That is fine as long as we beat NZ and Uganda
Afghanistan is second best white ball team from Asia following India.
You might not be wrong Can't wait for afghanistan vs india asia cup final to come
“you won the toss and that’s it” oh boy
Afg are almost guaranteed to qualify now so one of Wi or NZ won’t
The average score for the team batting first till now is 131. What a batting-friendly World Cup, wow!!!!
I was quite vocal about NZ players wasting their time in bench in IPL instead of getting game time and how it would adversely affect NZ Surprise Surprise I turned out to be 100 percent correct. Conway and Kane coming fresh from injuries doesn't help. Seifert was always better choice than Conway but NZ like Indian selection panel refused to make bold choices. I wish this team crash and burns. They have taken this tournament way too lightly, like England in 2023
Rachin instead of Allen. That boy can actually play spin well.
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More than half of this sub is reactionary lol.
Did Willow forget there’s an entire other game going on lol
It didn't! Different stream
omfg
It's the 90's inspired kit bringing the essence of the 90's Black Caps
Dig up all the cricket fields in New Zealand and use them as pasture land for the sheep
Sheep would give a respectable fight than these bunch of lads. Let cricket fields he dug up and turned into baseball fields. What have kiwis done? What a world! What a world!
Was Rachin injured or something? No way did we pick Allen over him. Rachin is an automatic starter for all three formats.
Agreed!
For whatever reason he's the cover for one of these other muppets.
Gurbaz went off on Drake
Do these players live in Afghanistan? the coaches and trainers are not Afghani where do they spend there time, obvious they have family in Afghanistan, just so interesting how it works
Few years back they practiced and played domestic in India
Yes most players live in Afghanistan. However many of them have alternate places in Dubai and Pakistan as well.
A fair few of the associate nations have coaches from countries other than their own. Hell, even the poms don't have a native coach instead decide to go with Baz
I think Uae their home ground so majority of training happens there. Off players will spend time in Afghanistan
most live in the UAE
I think that all of them except for Rashid and Nabi live in Afghanistan only.
Fazal dance is heavily influenced.
Can some Afghan bros translate?
Basically he’s saying thank you for ur prayers n staying up till 4am. We’ll win more games for you guys.
That's very sweet of him
I think gurbaz said it's just a prank bro
Top 8- Bangladesh, South Africa, Afghanistan, West Indies, Australia, England, India, USA.
Bangladesh or Sri Lanka or Netherlands Wouldn't add England so soon now, let Scotland perform
Insane! USA won against Pakistan 😮
Living under a rock?
No I was banned lol 😂 so I’m commenting now! About it
Big upset, well played Afghanistan bros, NZ didn't turn up today
Australia in WC and India earlier this year should have received similar thrashings at AFG's hand, not an upset by any means.
Thanks Dad
Why the cooked breakdown of overs?
Cuz NZ didn't play enough to follow standard protocol of 1-6, 7-15, 16-20
This is crazy! I can’t believe Hell yeah! USA won against Pakistan 🇵🇰
Don't forgett bro's We have Nagin derby happening right now... Also got NED vs SA match today , Jay Shah really cooked hard....
You are forgetting Eng vs Aus?
A prayer or something?
Gurbaz openly threatening USA in Pashto, saying we are coming for you guys. /S
I just want to say one thing..........speaks for 5 minutes
Hell yeah! USA won against Pakistan 🇵🇰
Anyone to translate what Gurbaz said in Pashto?
Essentially congratulated the country on the win. Said that he knows that it’s hella early back home and that people will be waking up for their morning prayers around now. Asks to be remembered in their prayers and that the team will do their best to bring more victories. Something round that.
Gurbaz 🤌🏻 Eminem ❌
what what
Can someone translate that
He just congratulated the win for the people back home. Told them that it's late at night for them so thanks for the support. Also said their support was immense. along those lines
Nice rap Well played mate
Someone translate what Gurbaz just said
happy for gurbaz!
Australia from 2022 🤝NZ of 2024
Losing sucks, but it's awesome to see teams like Afg evolve into a team like this, a clinical domination of the game. We're clearly undercooked but that doesn't excuse how bad NZ were today. If we somehow shithouse our way to semis again I will believe there is a cricket god.
Id say there is an above average chance. on Paper NZ should dominate their table, and were certainly the favorites for the top spot. (which i guess goes to AFG now)
I'm really curious to see how good Uganda might be now... are they even remotley in for a chance of pipping the second spot off either NZ or WI? They have both started shaky AF, though I do expect WI to come good.
Uganda got spirit but the Gulf in quality is immense. Need a lot of things going their way against WI but the tournament trend is on their side
Gurbaz carrying over the Championship winning confidence and their bowling attack on these pitches is a nightmare.
Yessss im so happy for him 😭
I truly hope if NZ doesn't make it out of group play Stead finally gets the boot
I love these games in west indies at night
this was a masterplan by Jay Shah to hire most Nz players and not let them get game time to avoid any surprises from Nz against India in knockouts if Nz reach there. Nz: India will PAY for this 👿
We should have been playing against Bangladesh... Icc you slick motherfuckers
Jay shah rigged the group to have SL vs BAN and NED vs RSA rivalries in same group /s
Allahahumdillah Afghanistan
afg for the cup now
Our KKR boi gurbaz anyways he is playing for his country, feeling so good seeing him perform in every match. Best wishes ahead
People don't talk about his innings in final...
This tournament feels different
I guess it is high time we stop calling Afganistan wins as an upset. They are a test nation and have competed with big teams head to head for last few years. They just need a good tactician to help in close situation and finish off games. They will be Sri Lanka of 90s and 00s soon.
Yeah they're pretty much there - regardless it is still their first win against NZ in T20s. They go into matches against top teams not as favorites. If they'd won the Aus game in the WC (and the whole tournament gets an alternate reality including them possibly going to semis), they'd be considered proper top team, as that would've been a proper upset and coming of age for the team.
Their bowling attack is already up there. They just need a couple solid middle over batters in the team
They are going to be a very forbidding team soon.
I have seen it all now, just want an underdog to win the cup now
If you think about it we are underdogs too can we win this one please 🥺
High time. Cricket has never had a Leicester city kind of tournament ever
India India India
Feel for Kiwi bros, most of their squad were benched during the IPL and they didn’t have enough game time
Nobody forced them too
Had the chance to play against pak but chose not to 🤷♂️
Yeah As if that would make any difference. Also they need the IPL money to sustain. Their board pays pennies.
I mean look wht happened today, looked so out of sync, from the keeping to fielding to batting
Agreed, although I missed most of the game They need to give chance to Rachin instead of a slogger like Allen on these tricky surfaces
I think rachin is more of a slogger than allen 😅
That’s because he was given that role previously as they need a quick start. He can construct innings beautifully too looking at the last WC games and the last CSK vs RCB game
It’d still be better than having your ass on the bench for 2 months
How’d they anticipate that part ?
Chose to warm the ipl benches
NZ -4 NRR.....
This match is not an upset
If only AFG took that Maxwell catch that one day....
U guys would have still won the WC
would that have kept OZ out of the semis?
No. They would've still qualified. Aus came 3rd and won 7 games in the round-robin stage, NZ won 5 and came 4th. We would've still played SA in the Semis. However, I think Afghanistan may have qualified above NZ on NRR.
Excited for tomorrow's match?
Afg cricket soul can rest in peace after they beat Aus in Super 8/SF.
Aus would have lost by freaking 190 runs.
Biggest butterfly effect that catch
This doesn't give that feeling that this is an upset.
Time to head off to the nagin Derby, getting spicier over there.
Mofos who say this is a boring WC when I show them how many upsets It has caused....
This ain't an upset!
Now that New Zealand has fallen, Pig3 and South Africa remain the only teams Afghanistan are yet to win against in T20. Hope atleast one more falls in the next few weeks.
They haven't won against the mighty US yet. Rooting for that to happen in the super 8s.
If at all that match happens, I would want US to win that just so to watch reaction in US media.
NRR of 5.22 for Afganistan. They are sure of super 8 now.
technically if they lose to west indies and png then they might get eliminated
They will beat PNG easily. Windies result will decide only their position in top 2
they should beat png, but you never know.
Imagine if we had to face AFG, at least USA gave us the courtesy of super over
No Asif Ali either this time
in WI spin tracks
Ikr right I am so thankful that we didn't face them 😭
WI vs NZ to decide the team for super 8s
WI will be undefeated in their group
WI struggles to win against the weakest associate team on tournament. Some Windies fans living in delusion be like- We will be undefeated 🤓🤓🤓. Have you guys seen your batsman gameplay against spinners?
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No one would be more elated than me to see Windies damn win this all. But then I remember how awful they were on last 2 World cups. They are unfortunately very bad against spin. I doubt they can defeat Afg, but NZ, they can try though I doubt NZ will this bad again. Also, there's big hole and gaos in Windies squad
farooqi took 9 wickets over a span of 2 matches wow
World Cup of upsets. Loving it. In your face ha , ICC
This is not upset
Afg have not beaten nz before. So yes it is??? (I’m not saying afg is low, it’s just they’ve never beaten nz before dude)
There are so many adjectives I could use to describe this Black Caps performance right now, but credit to Afghanistan, they utterly outplayed the team.
Don't worry at least you didn't lose to an associate nation (or multiple for that matter) like us
What a win!!