Afghanistan A cricket team stunned the mighty Indian side with a dominant 20-run win in the ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 semi-final on Friday. Afghanistan posted a challenging total of 206 and then restricted the former champions to 186 to storm into their first-ever final.
India were tipped as clear favourites having dominated their three group-stage games while Afghanistan was entering the fixture after a shock defeat against Hong Kong. But the star-studded Indian side lacked the passion and spirit they needed in a knockout game and Afghanistan showed more desire to play in the final.
India A Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (c), Ayush Badoni, Nehal Wadhera, Ramandeep Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Anshul Kamboj, Rahul Chahar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Aaqib Khan.
Afghanistan A Playing XI: Sediqullah Atal, Zubaid Akbari, Darwish Rasooli (c), Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Karim Janat, Shahidullah Kamal, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Abdul Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Qais Ahmad, Bilal Sami.
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