Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman on Sunday devoted his crew’s beautiful Cricket World Cup victory over champions England to the victims of the earthquakes which have rocked his nation.
Mujeeb, 22, was man of the match for his three wickets and 28 runs as Afghanistan shocked England by 69 runs in New Delhi.
Earlier Sunday, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed two individuals in western Afghanistan the place tremors have claimed no less than 1,000 lives this previous week.
“That is for the individuals again house who’ve been affected by the earthquake. As gamers and as a crew, I needed to dedicate my award to them,” stated Mujeeb.
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He added: “It’s a really proud second to be right here within the World Cup beating the final champions, it’s a good second for the entire nation and the crew. An exquisite efficiency for the bowlers and the batters.”
Earlier than Sunday, Afghanistan’s solely win at a World Cup got here again in 2015 on its debut over Scotland.
Since that event, it was on a 14-match World Cup dropping streak.
Two of these losses had come at this version — by six wickets to Bangladesh and eight wickets to India.
“It’s a tricky loss to take. Congratulations to Afghanistan, they outplayed us at this time,” stated England captain Jos Buttler.
“They’ve bought a very skilful assault, some unbelievable spinners particularly.”