Afghanistan Cricket Celebrates First Win of World Cups

February 26, 2015 15:07

February 26 will be a date marked in red in the Afghan cricket calendar!

The national cricket team defeated Scotland by a solitary wicket to register their first win in cricket's biggest tournament. Understandably, the celebrations were equally epic. (Images courtesy AFP and Getty)

Player	Runs	AVG
Martin Guptill Martin Guptill	547	68.37
Kumar Sangakkara Kumar Sangakkara	541	108.20
AB de Villiers AB de Villiers	482	96.40
Brendan Taylor Brendan Taylor	433	72.16
Shikhar Dhawan Shikhar Dhawan	412	51.50

Player	Wickets	Eco
Mitchell Starc Mitchell Starc	22	3.50
Trent Boult Trent Boult	22	4.36
Umesh Yadav Umesh Yadav	18	4.98
Morne Morkel Morne Morkel	17	4.38
Mohammed Shami Mohammed Shami	17	4.81