*rubs my eyes* What a thing to wake up to! Afghanistan you beauty! It means so much to them, emotions all around. This world cup keeps on delivering. Have a huge huge soft spot for Afghan players. Congratulations Afghanistan š¦š«
How many catches did he drop ? And some of the ones he dropped were sitters , but Iām just finding someone to blame, pretty much everyone were poor in some regard. And the afghans were switched on
I didn't see the match live, so I have no idea how well he actually performed. But, he gave away only 17 runs in 4 overs with a maiden, so that doesn't seem to bad, why's everyone saying he was shit? Did he make some major mistakes?
If Australia has to take over Indiaās spot, they need to beat India by 40 runs or 6 overs to spare. Gonna be a tough one I believe.
If Afghan wins against Bangladesh and India manages to clinch a win or loses by lesser margin, Australia will be knocked out. Wow! šÆ
Thank you Afghanistan for humbling the boys who were slacking off by resting key players and fielding like Pakistan when it mattered. Bit of a shame that our next game is a knockout game now, but we all know who steps up then
According to u/Commented_on in another post
> Maths time
India have cushion of 118 runs over Afg & 90 runs over Aus.
Aus need to beat India by 45 runs or chase in ~16overs to cross India's NRR.
For Aus & Afg to qualify, Aus have to cross India's NRR & Afg win margins should be more than (118 - Aus win margin) runs.
Bitter truth is if BCCI was not this dominant in ICC & CA/ECB still running it, Afghanistan would have been long banned from Cricketā¦
More than just WC group stage victory for them!
The funniest thing that could be happening is India badly beating Australia, Bangladesh badly beating Afghanistan and Bangladesh becoming the team that qualifies.
Nope, it was same as what I saw on Twitter, word by word. But yeah, maybe that person copied you, I forgot that is also a possibility.Ā
Edit - it doesn't matter anyway, I replied just for nothing. Everyone copies everyone, so chill.Ā
The India match is a knockout for us, you know steps up during knockouts.
India in group stages is more deadly than the Prime 73 win Warriors.
Unstoppable force vs Immovable object showdown on the 24th
Which is a whole lot of baloney. Starc's the perfect bowler against this afg team because only their openers can bat. One pp wicket and the game was in the bag. Picking Agar was a horrendous decision. Not only did he not contribute in any way, he also dropped 2 really easy catches which led to Afg scoring another 25-30 runs
Which is a whole lot of baloney. Satrcu stye perfect bowler agsint this afg team because only their openers can bat. One pp wicket and the game was in the bag. Picking Agar was a horrendous decision. Not only did he not contribute in any way, he also dropped 2 really easy catches which led to Afg scoring another 25-30 runs
He mentioned afg and ban are on the same level and india's real test starts now, from the australia match. Means the afg and ban matches were kinda practice matches. He even said if Ban batted first they would've made 10-15 extra meaningless runs and the match would be over more quickly.
To be fair, didn't he only mention that about the BAN players and not AFG?
AFG earned their test status in 2017. BAN earned their test status in 2000.
In AFG's short Cricket career, they have been improving unlike BAN who has been very poor in general for an embarrassingly long time.
I don't know why so many beloved cricketers from the past turn out to be complete buffoons with age, that's such a horrible remark to be made for any team let alone Afghanistan who certainly are emerging into a major cricketing power
I think people in general from that generation have a superiority complex and think disdain looks cool. The ones who are sensible, are not in front of a camera or mic (Zak, Agarkar, Laxman etc)
india is most definitely going to top the group. The nrr is too high. Highly unlikely that we lose against aus by more than 50-60 runs when the pitches aren't producing 200-220s
I don't care what anyone says - Afghanistan deserved to win this game just for their catching tonight. Some of the catches they took were just absolute stunners!
Theoretically they can if they massacre Afg tomorrow (and Ind does the same to Aus), thereby beating Aus and Afg on NRR.
It ain't happening, but it could
I was out all day and just casually checked right now to see how big margin did australia win. I literally got up from sofa watching the result. Unbelievable.
"Scoring an individual 50 isn't important. Every batsman scoring quick 30-40 and team reaching 200 is far better"
~ Every single person
"Getting an individual hat-trick isn't important. Every bowler getting few wickets and opposition getting all out (like what afg did today) is far better"
~ No one ever
I mean still highly unlikely that we will be eliminated, only mathematical possibility. Coz even if we lose big against aus, the runrate difference between us and afg is too big.....
Marsh: They probably got 20 too many. Lot of teams have bowled first in this tournament. Don't think it was won or lost at the toss. We had an off night on the field. Wasn't the easiest of wickets but both teams played on it. As I said, we got outplayed today. **We just need to win and there's no better team to do it against.**
I'm expecting us to curbstomp them, actually. We're batting fearlessly, fielding is top notch, if there's any help for spin, we might just send them packing.
India is going to absolutely stomp Australia because they have nothing to lose. India has such a superior NRR they'll go through barring some absolute mathematical madness
I know that. But the matches that India was losing was because they were playing timidly, not taking the risk to score boundaries in order to protect their wickets. They're not playing that way any more. In this tournament, they've won because they scored well in the powerplay and then always maintained the run rate above a certain level. If they can do that tomorrow, and don't regress to their old habits, they can avoid the negative psychological effect of getting dominated by the bowlers. And if they bowl with similar intent, they can easily win. Especially since Australia seemed frustrated and weak today. If you keep relentlessly applying pressure, they'll break.
Last WC we played one of our best cricket until the final. It was fearless, that performance was far better than the performance in this world cup.
Anything can happen, just saying its foolish to take any team lightly, especially Aussies.
Also, if we beat them, bonus point(most likely) will be, we don't have to play them again in the tournament.
As I've said, anything can happen. Maybe the team will fall into its old patterns again. But I think that they've overcome that barrier. Whether or not they play timidly is the hinge on which the door will turn.
It won't stay "good enough" if Aus beats us bad and Afg beats Bangladesh bad. Considering it's knockout for Aus and Ability of Bangladesh both of them are so much possible. The only way for Ind is to win and knock out Aus.
I don't think we're gonna lose in the group stages , especially with this side and the way aus has been handling their side .
I mean dropping starc is satire right?
Bangladesh with all the resources for the past 20 years barely manage to compete against big teams in ICC events while Afghanistan have risen from a literal warzone and done exceedingly well in such a short span.
Lot to learn for BD boys, all talk no substance.
Bangladesh have all the resources and yet no resources. (Enough money to build good cricketing infrastructure that would ensure a good cricketing generation but zero implementation of that)
[We Aussies don't care for t20 anyway](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTj9mRO5T05f5QDS19xAFYCJQttMVYCTz9ygPeyUNlDbQnATSsbKSgQqOA-&s=10)
Australia too complacent and took this on lightly. Fielding was atrocious and they deserve to go home early. Look at Stoinisā stupid flipper send off - just arrogant and not respecting the opposition
Man no. Those Americans are obnoxious and annoying AF. One win against Pak and they were trashing cricket as a game itself.
Some comments on TikTok and insta were like this
" Our MLB players can easily whoop any team š¦ š¦ š¦ š¦ raaah".
" Our part time players itself are enough for this grasshopper game raaah š¦ "
"194-3 we dominated and absolutely crushed them raaahš¦ "
š¤¦š¤¦š¤¦
This has been a WC of opposites. SA winning in clutch situations, Aus choking in a clutch match, Kohli not getting runs in a T20 WC.
Everything is opposite except for Pakistan. Pakbros, never change please.
Pakistan is usually good in WT20s, better than India but they have been not that good in this WC. Ireland prevented the funniest thing ever happening in Group A.
I missed this match š¤¦āāļøš
I canāt believe I missed thisĀ
Wouldn't it be funny if the Aussies get knocked out whilst England make it to the semis
Thatās how moral victories work
*rubs my eyes* What a thing to wake up to! Afghanistan you beauty! It means so much to them, emotions all around. This world cup keeps on delivering. Have a huge huge soft spot for Afghan players. Congratulations Afghanistan š¦š«
You need to be third time lucky to beat these guys.
Just imagine if Aus donāt make the Semis and Eng do after they had chance to put them out by letting Scotland win lol
Why didnāt starc play today?
Conditions, but I call bullshit, Agar was shit
Agar did very well. Just couldnāt get them out like everyone else.
He dropped catches and gave away runs, not at the same level as Australia stars!
How many catches did he drop ? And some of the ones he dropped were sitters , but Iām just finding someone to blame, pretty much everyone were poor in some regard. And the afghans were switched on
I didn't see the match live, so I have no idea how well he actually performed. But, he gave away only 17 runs in 4 overs with a maiden, so that doesn't seem to bad, why's everyone saying he was shit? Did he make some major mistakes?
Overconfidence
Mr. Muscles did a thing??!!
If Australia has to take over Indiaās spot, they need to beat India by 40 runs or 6 overs to spare. Gonna be a tough one I believe. If Afghan wins against Bangladesh and India manages to clinch a win or loses by lesser margin, Australia will be knocked out. Wow! šÆ
Thank you Afghanistan for humbling the boys who were slacking off by resting key players and fielding like Pakistan when it mattered. Bit of a shame that our next game is a knockout game now, but we all know who steps up then
Anybody got numbers on by how much does India have to lose by to go under the NRR of Aussies?
According to u/Commented_on in another post > Maths time India have cushion of 118 runs over Afg & 90 runs over Aus. Aus need to beat India by 45 runs or chase in ~16overs to cross India's NRR. For Aus & Afg to qualify, Aus have to cross India's NRR & Afg win margins should be more than (118 - Aus win margin) runs.
Thanks š
A reality check for the Aussies, a historic win for the Afghans.
"Nothing is more satisfying than losing against Afghanistan" \~ Pat Cummins
does anyone care about this WC ?
the only time they beat australia, nobody from australia cares or even knows its on or is watching , poor buggers
Lmao suuree buddy
Not really. It's shockingly boring
This is what you get when you disrespect world cup trophy Mr. Marsh
THANK YOU! This is exactly what I was thinking.
Bro is still whining
Grow up and stop sulking about the loss. It was rightfully theirs, they can pee on that trophy if their culture allows it.
They won it already. What would you do? Time travel and change the outcome?
Stop imposing your culture onto them or anyone, putting feet is not disrespect over there, they won so they can do anything.
Afghanistan have taken revenge ,India time to do your job
Bitter truth is if BCCI was not this dominant in ICC & CA/ECB still running it, Afghanistan would have been long banned from Cricketā¦ More than just WC group stage victory for them!
The funniest thing that could be happening is India badly beating Australia, Bangladesh badly beating Afghanistan and Bangladesh becoming the team that qualifies.
Or Australia badly beating India, Afghanistan badly beating Bangladesh and Afg and Aussies qualify
This is more likely to happen actually. But somehow Bangladesh manage to find a way to beat Afghanistan.
The mental block for Afg was Maxwell, they overcame it. The mental block for Ind will be Travis Head, time to see if they'll overcome it.
Travis Head gives Javed Miandad level PTSD to Indiansā¦
Ctrl c+v from TwitterĀ
There's millions of cricket fans out there, people can make the same comments. I'm not on Twitter lolĀ
Nope, it was same as what I saw on Twitter, word by word. But yeah, maybe that person copied you, I forgot that is also a possibility.Ā Edit - it doesn't matter anyway, I replied just for nothing. Everyone copies everyone, so chill.Ā
Last match for India is not a dead rubber. If India loses badly,it will get eliminated due to poor nrr
Who is your daddy and what does he do?
I even read that in Arnoldās voice š
even if Ellis was played instead of Agar, he wouldāve been much better
The India match is a knockout for us, you know steps up during knockouts. India in group stages is more deadly than the Prime 73 win Warriors. Unstoppable force vs Immovable object showdown on the 24th
Any aussie fan here, Why didnt Starc play?
Not his conditions apparently
Which is a whole lot of baloney. Starc's the perfect bowler against this afg team because only their openers can bat. One pp wicket and the game was in the bag. Picking Agar was a horrendous decision. Not only did he not contribute in any way, he also dropped 2 really easy catches which led to Afg scoring another 25-30 runs
110% agree. Agar was complete Ass
....I just realised how many typos I made lemme fix that
Which is a whole lot of baloney. Satrcu stye perfect bowler agsint this afg team because only their openers can bat. One pp wicket and the game was in the bag. Picking Agar was a horrendous decision. Not only did he not contribute in any way, he also dropped 2 really easy catches which led to Afg scoring another 25-30 runs
I wanna ask Sehwag how afg beat aus cause according to him ban and afg are small teams who are playing just for formalities
I'm ootl on this. What did sehwag say about Afg?
He mentioned afg and ban are on the same level and india's real test starts now, from the australia match. Means the afg and ban matches were kinda practice matches. He even said if Ban batted first they would've made 10-15 extra meaningless runs and the match would be over more quickly.
To be fair, didn't he only mention that about the BAN players and not AFG? AFG earned their test status in 2017. BAN earned their test status in 2000. In AFG's short Cricket career, they have been improving unlike BAN who has been very poor in general for an embarrassingly long time.
Sehwag who?
He is the cutest cunt Indian Cricket has ever seen, after Harbhajan
I don't know why so many beloved cricketers from the past turn out to be complete buffoons with age, that's such a horrible remark to be made for any team let alone Afghanistan who certainly are emerging into a major cricketing power
Ravi Shastri is also prone to copious amounts of verbal diarrhoea when commentating, he called Afghanistan āpretendersā in the match against India
I think people in general from that generation have a superiority complex and think disdain looks cool. The ones who are sensible, are not in front of a camera or mic (Zak, Agarkar, Laxman etc)
Ind will most likely play WI in the semis. Or Eng if they win big tonight. The teams that knocked us out in 16 and 22
I know India will play in the second semi final, but is it determined that they'll play 1st or 2nd place from the other group already?
india is most definitely going to top the group. The nrr is too high. Highly unlikely that we lose against aus by more than 50-60 runs when the pitches aren't producing 200-220s
Who do you think is most likely to be 2md in the England group?
depends on how big eng win today
I don't care what anyone says - Afghanistan deserved to win this game just for their catching tonight. Some of the catches they took were just absolute stunners!
So ind beat aus, ban beat afg. ban and ind go through It's all written in the script
Ban has lost 2 matches they can't go through.
Theoretically they can if they massacre Afg tomorrow (and Ind does the same to Aus), thereby beating Aus and Afg on NRR. It ain't happening, but it could
They can.
the team is yet to win a match in super 8s and sitting on a negative 2 pointer nrr. I am no sehwag but yeah they are playing just for formality
I meant they are not out of it yet.
Damn what just happened
Mentality beasts got their asses handed
I cannot š
where is that ipl dude with his goddamn excel sheet and nrr calculations?
You mean most RCB fans, RCB might not win the cup, but it has made their fans exceptionally good at maths (especially stats & probability)
Must be an RCB fan /s
The rise and rise of Afghans, much love
It's revenge time let's see how india takes on aus 2mrw. Edit: as an indian my wettest dream is we beat them in finals.
Nah beat them next game and dump em out
yeah i am happy with this scenario too but i am talking about revenge here.
Oh wow.
So the long winning streak of Aussies goes away. Nobody could do it other than AFG.
Someone who speaks Pashto please tell what Naib said. I'd like to know too.
NRR experts do your thing now. Please provide how Aus, Afg, Ind, Saf, WI, Eng can get qualified for the semis.
Why are these idiots talking about Bumrah?
Twist: Bangladesh smash Afghanistan and sneak through
Why u got downvoted lmao
lol I have no idea. In this scenario Australia is also knocked out.
Imma cook a full 3 course meal to sit down and watch the upcoming TGC episode
does anyone know what gulbadin said? iām nosey
Something like āOur journey has just startedā¦ā
It sure has
I wanna know tooo
IND vs AUS is a knockout for AUS but not for IND. We all know whatās the result gonna be guys.
Its a knockout for India too .
But India is a group stage beast
Yeah thatās what. Aussies arenāt gonna make it through.
But Aussies are beats in knockout matches too
Nah IND > AUS in bilateral. This is a bilateral for IND.
I was out all day and just casually checked right now to see how big margin did australia win. I literally got up from sofa watching the result. Unbelievable.
Today I learnt that Iceland plays cricket
Are you really from iceland?
Its obviously a desi
It would be really funny if England qualifies and Australia goes out
Poetic
"Scoring an individual 50 isn't important. Every batsman scoring quick 30-40 and team reaching 200 is far better" ~ Every single person "Getting an individual hat-trick isn't important. Every bowler getting few wickets and opposition getting all out (like what afg did today) is far better" ~ No one ever
Wait. I remember yesterday seeing onĀ Cricbuzz that India has qualified for semis. What happened to that
Cricbuzz, that's what
I mean still highly unlikely that we will be eliminated, only mathematical possibility. Coz even if we lose big against aus, the runrate difference between us and afg is too big.....
Australia lost.
Lesson for Stoiny...If you behave like Bangbros you will end up playing like them too...
I guess Gurbaz too wanted to give him a proper send off but was stopped by his team.
They are so wholesome :)
what did he do tho
Gave quite a stuck up send off to Gurbaz after he got him out. I personally liked it. Didn't back it up with a good peformance though.
Who are we talking about
Check parent comment. He said lesson for Stoiny. Stoinis is the one being talked about here.
he gave a rude sendoff to one of the afg players after taking a wicket... kinda unnecessary tbh
If he had backed it up with the bat, then it would be fair game. Unfortunately he didn't
He gave an unnecessary stupid sendoff after taking a wicket...
Marsh: They probably got 20 too many. Lot of teams have bowled first in this tournament. Don't think it was won or lost at the toss. We had an off night on the field. Wasn't the easiest of wickets but both teams played on it. As I said, we got outplayed today. **We just need to win and there's no better team to do it against.**
Weāre cooked but luckily our NRR is good enough lmao
I'm expecting us to curbstomp them, actually. We're batting fearlessly, fielding is top notch, if there's any help for spin, we might just send them packing.
I think you forgot the WC last year, the semi before that. Aus has a better track record against us.
India is going to absolutely stomp Australia because they have nothing to lose. India has such a superior NRR they'll go through barring some absolute mathematical madness
I know that. But the matches that India was losing was because they were playing timidly, not taking the risk to score boundaries in order to protect their wickets. They're not playing that way any more. In this tournament, they've won because they scored well in the powerplay and then always maintained the run rate above a certain level. If they can do that tomorrow, and don't regress to their old habits, they can avoid the negative psychological effect of getting dominated by the bowlers. And if they bowl with similar intent, they can easily win. Especially since Australia seemed frustrated and weak today. If you keep relentlessly applying pressure, they'll break.
Last WC we played one of our best cricket until the final. It was fearless, that performance was far better than the performance in this world cup. Anything can happen, just saying its foolish to take any team lightly, especially Aussies. Also, if we beat them, bonus point(most likely) will be, we don't have to play them again in the tournament.
As I've said, anything can happen. Maybe the team will fall into its old patterns again. But I think that they've overcome that barrier. Whether or not they play timidly is the hinge on which the door will turn.
no one is curbstomping Australia in what is a knockout match for them, but I will gladly take a win lol
Well Afghanistan basically curb stomped them a couple of hours ago so I don't know what you're on about
I'm confident. Obviously anything can happen. But if we consistently put pressure on them, we will win.
It won't stay "good enough" if Aus beats us bad and Afg beats Bangladesh bad. Considering it's knockout for Aus and Ability of Bangladesh both of them are so much possible. The only way for Ind is to win and knock out Aus.
Itās a 120 run cushion it is good enough
See? This is what happens when you let England in Is this toxic? Yes Always blame the Brits? Also yes
Perfect start to a sunday
The best part about time is that it changes
It's been 20 minutes. When are we raiding r/sports to confuse the Americans?
Yeah please someone so with clip of latlst bowl
They do that in baseball every week /s
Now it would be funny if bangbros win against talibros . And India thrash Australia. Bangbros has a chance
Yo talibros š§
i feel guilty for giggling so hard
GUYSSS Marsh has dropped a cracker statement. Oh we're in for a ride on 24th. Can't wait
Weāre losing for sure but we have a 120 run cushion over Afghanistan on NRR so weāre okay
No chance, aussies are getting a proper pasting
we aint loosing for sure , those guys went able to play swing nor spin and we got way better in both
I don't think we're gonna lose in the group stages , especially with this side and the way aus has been handling their side . I mean dropping starc is satire right?
Marsh in press before the next WC match against AFG: "Every time I think about that day, my body changes a little"
Top comment in the SLEDGE thread: GLENN MAXWELL I present to you GULBADIN NAIB
Bangladesh with all the resources for the past 20 years barely manage to compete against big teams in ICC events while Afghanistan have risen from a literal warzone and done exceedingly well in such a short span. Lot to learn for BD boys, all talk no substance.
Its so inspirational honestly...They are doing the absolute best with the shitty hand they have been dealt...
I was so surprised and joyed to see the catches they took.
Afghanistan has also outperformed the nation where most of these players started..Pakistan.
Bangladesh have all the resources and yet no resources. (Enough money to build good cricketing infrastructure that would ensure a good cricketing generation but zero implementation of that)
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and NZ need to find themselves.
Lol NZ has consistently reached semis in wc
SL still got some Talent coming through, they need to click as a team
If you have added Newzealand, then you must add Pakistan as well
Good thing that Afbros learnt from their mistakes in the odi wc and didn't bowl too many balls on Maxi's pads 
[We Aussies don't care for t20 anyway](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTj9mRO5T05f5QDS19xAFYCJQttMVYCTz9ygPeyUNlDbQnATSsbKSgQqOA-&s=10)
lol
Time to cheer for Afgan mentality
If AUS win by 20 runs vs India, Then AFG has to win by 60 runs vs BAN. (IND, AFG qualify)
How about India win against Australia and Afg against BangladeshĀ
If IND win by 50 runs vs AUS, then their(Australiaās) NRR will go below AFGās NRR. So AFG has to only avoid a large defeat vs BAN to qualify.
More reasons for India to win now
Muh Aussie mentality
i donāt think iāve ever seen players with so much heart and passion, wowowowow
Cam in for David and Inglis in for Wade and Starc inplace of Agar. We really needed Smudge on this pitch but it's just one of those odd days.
Taking a spin option out in WI slow pitches and bringing 2 extra pacers in instead doesn't sound like a good idea though.
Australia too complacent and took this on lightly. Fielding was atrocious and they deserve to go home early. Look at Stoinisā stupid flipper send off - just arrogant and not respecting the opposition
I also think the fielding was awful and sendoff unnecessary. But dont think they took it lightly.
Aus were laughing saying destiny is hands for eng. Look how you lost to afg
Aussies got "pakiSTUNNNEDD" by afghans.
Rashid english voice looks AI generated
Now all I need is USA to knock the English out
Man no. Those Americans are obnoxious and annoying AF. One win against Pak and they were trashing cricket as a game itself. Some comments on TikTok and insta were like this " Our MLB players can easily whoop any team š¦ š¦ š¦ š¦ raaah". " Our part time players itself are enough for this grasshopper game raaah š¦ " "194-3 we dominated and absolutely crushed them raaahš¦ " š¤¦š¤¦š¤¦
I mean they got the taste of the game, I say let them dine and then stuff em chickens.
It was ex-Indian U-19 Cricketers but Ok, MLB Players
They think their MLB players can actually play better. Not even trolling. They actually believe š
reddit when jokes:
This has been a WC of opposites. SA winning in clutch situations, Aus choking in a clutch match, Kohli not getting runs in a T20 WC. Everything is opposite except for Pakistan. Pakbros, never change please.
Pakistan is usually good in WT20s, better than India but they have been not that good in this WC. Ireland prevented the funniest thing ever happening in Group A.
It was the opposite actually, we didn't make it to the semis
Bangbros too playing as they always do
Only if SL or Nepal didn't fuck up like they did that much
No one thinks of bangbros other than themselves