Rashid Khan: After defeating defending champions England in the World Cup 2023 on Sunday, Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has shared a special post on social media. In this post he has thanked the Indian fans. Indian fans were seen supporting Afghanistan in the match against England at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. This is the reason Rashid has remembered Indian fans through social media.
Rashid has written in his post, ‘Delhi truly belongs to the people of heart. A big thank you to all the cricket fans present in the stadium for supporting us and cheering us throughout the game. Many thanks to our supporters around the world for their love.
Delhi truly belongs to the people 🙌
A big thank you to all the fans in the stadium who supported us and helped us throughout the game
And thank you to all the supporters around us for your love 💙
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) 16 October 2023
It is noteworthy that Afghanistan had caused a big upset in the World Cup match played in Delhi on Sunday. Afghanistan had defeated England, which was much stronger than them, by 69 runs. First of all, while batting, Afghanistan made a good score of 284 runs and then later, the English team, full of strong batsmen one by one, bundled out the English team for just 215 runs.
Every player of Afghanistan gave 100%
Afghanistan’s all-rounder Mujeeb ur Rahman was elected ‘Player of the Match’ of this match. He scored 28 runs in 16 balls in batting and then spent 51 runs in bowling and took 3 wickets. Apart from him, Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a quick inning of 80 runs in 57 balls for Afghanistan. Wicketkeeper Ikram also scored 58 runs. Along with Mujeeb, Rashid also took three wickets in bowling.
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