Admit it, if you were a cricket fan you were intrigued to see how Afghanistan played today in their first outing in the T20 World Cup...
Apart from that first clown who came out and wanted to smash the ball to all corners of the park, I actually thought they played quite well against a more than useful Indian side.
(On a side note - how nice was that ground that they played at today? Very scenic!)
Noor Ali and Asghar Stanikzai actually played really sensible cricket in the middle parts of the innings - very few stupid shots. They ran the singles when they were there and they hit had no issues taking a crack at the Indian spinners when they saw the chance was there.
115 was never going to be enough against a side that included Dhoni, Ghambir, Pathan and Yuvraj Singh but it could have been far worse.
So what's happened so far:
- New Zealand have beaten Sri Lanka in a close match up
- West Indies have thumped Ireland but looked really bad doing it
- India beat Afghanistan
Pakistan actually look quite dangerous in this competition and they might not be worth a punt at 10/1... but remember T20 cricket is an absolute lottery.
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