Afghanistan’s wins are not upsets anymore: Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket News

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan, left, and quick bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi celebrating the win over England (Photo Credit: @ACBofficials on X)

Afghanistan saved their hopes of reaching the semifinals of the Champions Trophy alive with an exhilarating eight-run win over England in Lahore on Wednesday, and the euphoria of the large win was witnessed in a sea of congratulatory messages on-line, together with from batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Opener Ibrahim Zadran’s excellent innings of 177 runs from 146 deliveries propelled Afghanistan to a complete of 325 for 7 after they opted to bat first. Zadran’s batting heroics had been adopted by Azmatullah Omarzai’s spectacular bowling efficiency, claiming 5 wickets whereas conceding 58 runs, which restricted England to 317 all out.
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This victory saved Afghanistan’s aspirations for a semi-final berth intact, as they moved to 2 factors — behind Australia and South Africa who’ve three factors every. England have been eradicated after two consecutive defeats and their sixth in a row in ODIs.
Hailing the Afghanistan group, Tendulkar mentioned their wins in worldwide cricket ought to now not be termed upsets.
“Afghanistan’s steady and consistent rise in international cricket has been inspiring! You can’t term their wins as upsets anymore, they’ve made this a habit now,” Tendulkar wrote in a publish on ‘X’. “A superb century by @IZadran18 and wonderful five-for by @AzmatOmarzay sealed another memorable win for Afghanistan. Well played!”.

Here’s how among the different greats from cricket reacted to Afghanistan’s victory:

Afghanistan will now need to beat Australia to qualify for the semifinals after they meet the ODI world champions on Friday.
If the Afghans handle to win that recreation, it is going to go away the Aussies biting their nails whereas ready for the end result within the final Group B recreation between England and South Africa on Saturday.
India and New Zealand have already certified for the semifinals from Group A.