The only guy who put us in the semifinals was Brian Lara: Rashid Khan

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has uncovered how the group had the option to satisfy their guarantee to Brian Lara after the West Indies legend anticipated that they would come to the elimination rounds. Afghanistan came to the elimination rounds without precedent for the World Cup as they crushed Bangladesh in a thrill ride at St. Vincent. Afghanistan had gotten enormous successes in the competition against New Zealand and Australia, and they took out the Aussies in the process to come to the last four phase after a success at St. Vincent. Lara had anticipated in front of the competition that Afghanistan would be in the last four and Rashid was glad to do right by the West Indies legend. Rashid then, at that point, proceeded to discuss Lara, who was the main individual who had picked them as likely semifinalists. The Afghan star uncovered that at a welcome party, he had a word with Lara and let him know they would demonstrate him right. "The main person who put us in the elimination rounds was Brian Lara and we demonstrated him right. At the point when we met him at a welcome party, I let him know we won't let you down," Rashid told reporter Simon Doull in the post-match interview. Rashid said that the elimination round capability feels like a fantasy for the group and the conviction came in after their success against New Zealand. "It's a fantasy for us to be in the elimination rounds. The manner in which we began the competition, the conviction came when we beat New Zealand. It's extraordinary," he said. Bangladesh bowled well to limit Afghanistan to 115-5 which Rashid believed was shy of a standard score: "We thought 130-135 was a decent score however we fell 15 runs low." With Bangladesh expecting to pursue the absolute down inside 12.1 overs to meet all requirements for the semis, Rashid was anticipating that his bowlers should be gone after. "We realized they would come hard at us and we realized that is what we could exploit. We didn't have to do anything extra, simply be clear in our arrangements," he made sense of.