{"id":1086,"date":"2025-02-27T06:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2025-02-27T06:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:01:51","slug":"afghanistan-stuns-england-in-champions-trophy-earns-praise-from-cricket-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=1086","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan Stuns England in Champions Trophy, Earns Praise from Cricket Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legendary <strong>Sachin Tendulkar<\/strong> led the cricketing world in applauding <strong>Afghanistan&#8217;s<\/strong> stunning <strong>eight-run victory over England<\/strong> in the Champions Trophy, asserting that their wins can no longer be termed as &#8220;upsets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batting first, <strong>Ibrahim Zadran\u2019s sensational 177 off 146 balls<\/strong> propelled Afghanistan to <strong>325\/7<\/strong> in Lahore on Wednesday. In response, <strong>Azmatullah Omarzai\u2019s five-wicket haul (5\/58)<\/strong> dismantled England\u2019s chase, restricting them to <strong>317 all out<\/strong>, keeping Afghanistan\u2019s semifinal hopes alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tendulkar hailed Afghanistan\u2019s meteoric rise<\/strong> in international cricket, stating:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Afghanistan\u2019s steady and consistent rise in international cricket has been inspiring! You can\u2019t term their wins as upsets anymore, they\u2019ve made this a habit now. A superb century by @IZadran18 and a wonderful five-for by @AzmatOmarzay sealed another memorable win for Afghanistan. Well played!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, <strong>Ravi Shastri took a dig at England\u2019s struggles<\/strong> in subcontinental conditions, urging them to adapt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Afghanistan. You guys rock. Kammaaal Kaardi! For England: Take playing in the Subcontinent seriously with no excuses. Only then will you be recognised as a team that can TRAVEL,&#8221;<\/em> Shastri wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ajay Jadeja<\/strong>, who mentored Afghanistan during the 2023 World Cup, also showered praise on the team and their passionate fans, calling them the <strong>&#8220;most humble and passionate&#8221;<\/strong> supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan&#8217;s <strong>Shoaib Akhtar<\/strong> backed Afghanistan to <strong>go beyond the semifinals<\/strong>, while former England captain <strong>Michael Vaughan<\/strong> admitted that England\u2019s lackluster white-ball form led to their downfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Brilliant from Afghanistan\u2026 Thoroughly deserved win. England just haven\u2019t played good enough white-ball cricket for a couple of years. This result isn\u2019t a surprise in these conditions,&#8221;<\/em> Vaughan remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this victory, <strong>Afghanistan continues to shake up the cricketing world<\/strong>, proving they are now a force to be reckoned with on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Sachin Tendulkar led the cricketing world in applauding Afghanistan&#8217;s stunning eight-run victory over England in the Champions Trophy, asserting that their wins can no&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1086","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}