Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh and confirmed its place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024. Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh in the last match of the Super-8 and entered the semi-finals for the first time. If the result of this match had been different, Australia’s luck could have shone. In fact, if Bangladesh had won this match, the Australian team would have reached the semi-finals.

As exciting as the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh match was, an incident that happened during this match is also continuously making headlines. This incident is related to Afghan fast bowler Gulbadin Naib, who acted as if he had a hamstring injury during the match. Australia captain Mitchell Marsh has reacted to Gulbadin’s hamstring injury.

Mitchell Marsh’s statement on Gulbadin Naib’s hamstring incident

Marsh says that he could not stop laughing after seeing the drama created by Gulbadin. Marsh said, as quoted by cricket.com.au, “I almost had tears in my eyes laughing. However, in the end it did not affect the match. So now we can laugh at it. But it was really funny.”

Let us tell you that Afghanistan’s head coach Jonathan Trott, seeing the rain coming in the Bangladesh match, signaled his players to slow down the pace of the match. At that time, the Afghanistan team was 2 runs behind according to the Duckworth Lewis rule. As soon as the coach signaled, Gulbadin Naib, who was standing in the slip, fell down due to a hamstring injury.

Naib complained of discomfort in the 12th over. He was given treatment and Navinul Haque took him out of the field. After this, it started raining and the players went to the dugout. The game started after a while and Naib returned to the field in the 13th over. He also took the wicket of Tanjim Hasan in the 15th over. At the same time, Gulbadin was also seen running very fast after winning the match.