Glenn Maxwell smashed an epic match-winning double century as Australia survived a scare to beat Afghanistan by three wickets of their Cricket World Cup match on Tuesday. Together with his staff reeling at 91/7 in a 293 run-chase, Maxwell, riddled with extreme cramps, stitched an unbeaten 202-run stand with captain Pat Cummins (12 off 68) to assist Australia qualify for the semi-finals. Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram reserved particular reward for Maxwell, saying that the star batter proved the “one man cannot win you a sport” principle utterly fallacious.

“One man present, stuff of legends. There’s a saying, one man cannot win you a sport and clearly what an absolute lie. You must have coronary heart, to maintain on taking part in regardless of having cramps. They’re very very painful and they don’t get away,” Akram mentioned on A Sports activities.

Akram additionally hailed Australia skipper Cummins for exhibiting sport consciousness by soaking all of the strain at one finish.

“You must credit score the captain as effectively. Once you discuss scenario consciousness, that what precisely what he did. 12 runs off 68 balls, he was giving the strike to his most important participant and he (Maxwell) confirmed the world, that he’s the very best someday participant proper now in world cricket. That is unbelievable, I’ve by no means heard of this type of knock earlier than. I’ve performed cricket for 20 years, labored in cricket for one more 20 years and I’ve by no means seen something like this earlier than,” he added.

The one comfort for Afghanistan was Ibrahim Zadran‘s 129 not out. Zadran turned the primary Afghanistan participant to attain a century at World Cups.