The Afghanistan cricket crew secured a historic victory over Pakistan within the Cricket World Cup 2023 on Monday, beating the previous champions by 8 wickets to revive their marketing campaign. While the defeat leaves Pakistan’s semi-final hopes hinging, Afghanistan really lived as much as their repute of big killers, having already surprised defending champions England within the event. The depth of Afghanistan’s first-ever ODI win towards Pakistan may be understood by the celebratory movies which have emerged from again dwelling in Kabul. Firecrackers and gunfire might simply be seen within the capital because the Afghans celebrated the historic second of their comparatively younger cricketing historical past.

As per an AFP report, the win was greeted with celebratory gunfire, cheers, and fireworks throughout the Afghan capital Kabul for at the very least quarter-hour after the match concluded. The victory for Afghanistan comes at a time of tense political and diplomatic relations between the 2 neighbours.

Here are among the movies which were shared on social media, claiming to be from Kabul:

The celebrations in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/7d040PgQgM

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 23, 2023

Celebrations in Kabul after Afghanistan’s victory over Pakistan within the Cricket World Cup in India.

Gun firing and firecrackers each at similar time

#PAKvsAFG#PKMKBForever#Afghanistan #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/mJMrkMScfs

— Puneet Kumar jha (@puneetjha07) October 23, 2023

It was really a historic win for Afghanistan. First, 18-year-old leg-spinner Noor Ahmad took 3-49 on his World Cup debut, together with opposing captain Babar Azam and grasp run-getter Mohammad Rizwan.

Then 21-year-old opening batsmen Ibrahim Zadran, with 87, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who hit 65, piled up 130 for the primary wicket to set the platform for a shocking eight-wicket victory.

“I think the two opening batters that we have are very, very exceptionally talented young players and the sky’s the limit for both of them,” mentioned former England batsman Trott.

“They’re different types of players and my message to them is just keep growing your own game and play your own way.

“We noticed tonight how properly they’ll play and the way a lot stress they’ll placed on opposition bowlers, world-class bowlers as properly.”

With AFP inputs