Afghanistan cricket crew created historical past on Monday, posting their first-ever win over Pakistan in ODI cricket within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The whole Afghanistan cricket crew took a ‘lap of honour’ across the Chepauk stadium to thank the 20,000-plus crowd who supported them of their match towards Babar Azam’s facet.
The celebrations didn’t cease of the sector because the Afghanistan cricket crew had been seen dancing on Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s well-known ‘Lungi dance’ track from the film ‘Chennai Express’ within the crew bus. The video was shared by Afghanistan ‘mystery girl’ and influencer Wazhma Ayoubi and went viral on social media.
“Since I can’t post my video of dancing, here is a fun one from our #Atalan. But rest assured, I danced with joy and will continue dancing for days to come, celebrating this sweet victory. Dance your hearts out, our heroes. You deserve all the happiness. Mashallah,” Ayoubi tweeted on social media platform ‘X’.
Watch Afghanistan cricket crew dancing on SRK’s ‘Lungi Dance’ track HERE…
Since I can not publish my video of dancing, here’s a enjoyable one from our #Atalan. But relaxation assured, I danced with pleasure and can proceed dancing for days to return, celebrating this candy victory. Dance your hearts out, our heroes. You deserve all of the happiness. Mashallah #AFGvPAK pic.twitter.com/xaXM5x7MYf
— Wazhma Ayoubi __ (@WazhmaAyoubi) October 23, 2023
It was Afghanistan’s third win in ODI World Cup event, the opposite two coming towards Scotland in 2015 World Cup and towards world champions England within the 2023 version in Delhi earlier this month. It was additionally the 2nd highest whole posted by Afghanistan within the ODI World Cup after the 288 they scored towards West Indies in 2019 World Cup.
Afghanistan additionally broke report of India, finishing the best profitable run-chase towards India. The Indian cricket crew held the earlier report having chased down 274 in Centurion within the 2003 World Cup.
“This is a big moment for the whole team, the whole of Afghanistan. We’ve been waiting for 10-12 years for such a moment and to win one game in the big event against Pakistan. Last 3 months we worked very hard, this is a lovely moment today,” Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi stated after the match.
“We beat England and now Pakistan, everyone is in a good mood. We can not only defend, but also chase well now. This win is the favorite, we have played them 7-8 games against them and in the last moment we have always lost. The way Ibrahim and Gurbaz started, that gave us the momentum. We didn’t lose back to back wickets till the end. We thought the surface would be like the NZ game, but it was much easier. I think our bowlers did very well to restrict them to that kind of total,” Nabi added.
