Dig Afghanistan miss a golden opportunity to reach semi finals of WC by losing against BD?

[Trichromatic]

Currently it looks like 4th team will be decided by 5/6 wins in WC 2023.

 

Afg is on course to win their 4th game in 7th match. They lost their opening game v BD which is arguably weakest team alongside England.

[deathmonger]

Yeah they were going well in that match.

[Jamadagni]

If there's another Afg vs Bang match tomorrow, it's still 50-50. It's not like SA losing to Netherlands. Afghanistan are still below average. 

[deathmonger]

42 minutes ago, Jamadagni said:

If there's another Afg vs Bang match tomorrow, it's still 50-50. It's not like SA losing to Netherlands. Afghanistan are still below average. 

No, they have the best spin attack in the world plus decentish batsmen.

 

Defeating all of Eng, Pak and SL is not a fluke.

[Norman]

Yes

 

They should have won that all things considered.

[sandeep]

They would have been in Semi if they had beaten BD.

 

I think they took BD bit lightly - the loss was the slap in the face that has resulted in their batting unit doing the business with a lot more focus and application.

 

 

[Lone Wolf]

I think BD arrived with a decentish side on paper.  On potential they might have been superior & perhaps played close to that & managed to beat Afghans. 

 

Their confidence shattered pretty soon.  And now they are at an all time low.  Afg or heck even Nepal might fancy themselves to beat them right now. 

[Bigg Brother]

They can still make it, can't they?

[deathmonger]

15 minutes ago, Bigg Brother said:

They can still make it, can't they?

if they win against both SA and Aus, yes.

 

Can lose one if NZ lose one. But then goes on NRR.

[rangeelaraja]

Good on Afghanistan for beating some big name teams.

 

But find it funny how folks are bigging up Afghanistan. They are not much better than a club level team in India.

 

 

[User30786]

56 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

if they win against both SA and Aus, yes.

 

Can lose one if NZ lose one. But then goes on NRR.

 

For Afg, beating both SA and AUS is highly unlikely but Cricket is a funny game.

Edited November 3, 2023 by User30786

[User30786]

5 minutes ago, rangeelaraja said:

Good on Afghanistan for beating some big name teams.

 

But find it funny how folks are bigging up Afghanistan. They are not much better than a club level team in India.

 

 

 

They have achieved so much from this WC considering the number of games they play and the facilities they avail, comparing to other teams. Their fans feel like they have own the cup after beating Pak.

[Number]

2 hours ago, rangeelaraja said:

They are not much better than a club level team in India.

 

 

Come on. 3 of their spinners are world class and Gurbaz can definitely replace any batsman in our line up, other than Rohit-Kohli.

[R!TTER]

3 hours ago, deathmonger said:

No, they have the best spin attack in the world plus decentish batsmen.

 

They don't have the best spin attack, on a turning track Ashwin/Jadeja/Kuldeep will decimate any lineup in the world 

 

Afghans can't pull that off against us even with 4 spinners.

[cricketfan28]

Yes

[coffee_rules]

Their next two games are against Aus and SA.  Even if they had won against BD, it would be difficult to got to semis. 

[rangeelaraja]

5 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Their next two games are against Aus and SA.  Even if they had won against BD, it would be difficult to got to semis. 

 

 

Adrak Chai > Any coffee

[deathmonger]

1 hour ago, R!TTER said:

They don't have the best spin attack, on a turning track Ashwin/Jadeja/Kuldeep will decimate any lineup in the world 

 

Afghans can't pull that off against us even with 4 spinners.

LOI they are.

 

Turning track yes cause of test expertise but on normal tracks Jadeja/Ashwin are mostly defensive economical bowlers.