T20 World Cup 2022 Top 10 funny memes after Australia escape with a narrow win against Afghanistan to stay alive in the tournament Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Approve Reject & ban Delete Logout

T20 World Cup 2022 Top 10 funny memes after Australia escape with a narrow win against Afghanistan to stay alive in the tournament

Fans react after Australia's victory on Friday Australia beat Afghanistan narrowly by four runs in their final Super 12 match of the on Friday (November 4) in Adelaide. After being put into bat first, Australia could only reach a total of 168/8 in 20 overs. Glenn Maxwell (54* off 32 balls) and (45) starred for the Aussies in the batting department. The Afghan bowlers were phenomenal in the death overs as Fazalhaq Farooqi (2/29) and Naveen-ul-Haq (3/21) successfully prevented the opposition batters from scoring heavily in the last few overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (30) gave his side a brisk start in the chase by attacking the Aussie bowlers. After he was dismissed by Kane Richardson, Afghanistan motored along. They looked to be in a good position with 99/2 on the scoreboard after 12 overs due to Gulbadin Naib's (39) aggressive knock. Glenn Maxwell's individual brilliance at this juncture brought the Aussies back into the contest as he affected a direct hit to send Gulbadin Naib back to the pavilion. then quickly picked up two more wickets in the same over to derail the chase. Afghanistan lost the plot from there as they found themselves in a precarious situation, needing 48 from the last 18 balls. Rashid Khan (48* off 23 balls) played a blistering knock and kept his side alive in the contest until the last over. However, the target eventually proved to be too much. Speaking at the post-match presentation, Australian captain Mathew Wade reflected on the win and said: "Having used my main bowlers and giving Stoniis the last was a bit nerve-wracking. I've seen Rashid do that in the IPL when I played with him last year. He did it a few times there and certainly gave us a scare. "We'll stay the extra night here and stay to watch that (Eng vs SL) game. Hoping for an upset there, obviously. We have tried to chase the net run rate in this tournament. We've been a bit slow out of the blocks in this tournament. "

Fans react to Australia s hard-fought victory over Afghanistan

Cricket fans on social media enjoyed the entertaining contest between Australia and Afghanistan in Adelaide. They expressed their reactions through hilarious memes on social media. Here are some of the reactions:

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Rashid -16 runs in the last over todayTotal runs in T20 Wc 2022Babar -14 runs Rashid -16 runs in the last over today Form is Temporary, CLASS is permanent!!

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Form is Temporary, CLASS is permanent!!Glenn Maxwell storms back to the academy Well played Rashid Khan Well played Rashid Khan

Well played Rashid Khan! Well played Rashid Khan! Take a bow to Rashid Khan
Australia won the match but King Rashid Khan won heart. Well played Afghanistan

Take a bow to Rashid Khan Australia won the match but King Rashid Khan won heart. Well played Afghanistan Scenes tomorrow Scenes tomorrow They think SL will beat England?

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