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However, it was UAE who made the second upset of the tournament by beating Zimbabwe and allowed Afghanistan the opportunity to qualify for the world cup. We have been the official airline of UAERF since 2011, and also sponsor the Men’s, Women’s and Under 20’2 National 7’s and 15’s teams. In the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens’ 50-year history, we have been the event’s Official Sponsor since 1988.

Afghanistan had a greater challenge of demonstrating its full potential and be luckier in the super-six stage to play in the final of the tournament. Since Afghanistan has not carried any points from first round to the second round, it looked unlikely for the Blue Tigers to แข่งขันบอลโลก become one of the finalists. Afghanistan not only had to win all its remaining matches but the result of some other encounters had to go in favour of Afghanistan too. The team did its part with defeating West Indies by 3 wickets, and UAE and Ireland by 5 wickets each.

They have also produced 16 capped Springbok players and continue to discover local talent. Before the Blue Tigers could recover from the first defeat, they lost to Zimbabwe in their second but a tight encounter by only two runs. The biggest upset of the tournament occurred when Hong Kong defeated Afghanistan in their third match by a relatively large margin of 30 runs. Farid Hotak cricket board spokesman said BNA, in 20 over world cup competitions Afghan national cricket team will play in a group with the teams of Hong Kong, Nepal and Bangladesh. Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib has called on cricket's top teams to play more matches against his country in future to aid their development.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman first led the way with 4/43 to the bowl out Windies for 204 in 46.5 overs. Mohammad Shahzad, in his usual flamboyant style, then cracked a 93-ball 84 as Afghanistan reached 206/3 in just 40.4 overs, Mohammad Nabi finishing the job with three sixes in a row off Chris Gayle. That completes a comeback for a team which had started the competition with three successive losses before running up a sequence of five wins to take home the trophy.

Ten teams entered into this competition with only the finalists of the tournament could quality for the two available world cup spots. Afghanistan and the West Indies were the favourites to secure world cup entries alongside Zimbabwe, which had the advantages of the home ground and the crowd. I believe that one day our champions will win this trophy and will bring it to the country,” the ACB chairman Azizullah Fazli said. A total of 40 selective Asian teams would compete among them from Sep. 05, 2019 till June 09, 2020.

The trophy would be on display on Wednesday afternoon at the Darul Aman Palace in the west of Kabul city. According to BNA report, the competition is due to be held in Bangladesh on March16, 2014 with participation of 16 teams. MONITORING – The Asian Football Federation on Wednesday placed Afghanistan in Group E with the likes of India, Qatar, Bangladesh and Oman for preliminary draw in connection with the qualifying rounds of FIFA World Cup 2022. Afghanistan recently returned home after competing in the World Cup in England and Wales, where it finished last in the 10-team field, losing all nine of its matches. Afghanistan’s U19 men’s team on Tuesday departed for West Indies to participate in the ICC Under-19 World Cup. Afghanistan's World Cup preparations were thrown off kilter when they controversially decided to replace successful captain Asghar Afghan with the little-known Gulbadin Naib two months before the tournament.