Author: Nazim Uddin

PV desk : Afghanistan secured a first ever World Cup semi-final after eight-run victory over Bangladesh which in turn knocked Australia out of the T20 tournament. Bangladesh came into the game with a chance to progress or send Australia through with a victory but – chasing a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern revised target of 114 in 19 overs as rain affected their innings – were bowled out for 105. Bangladesh, however, were well on course of materializing the hopes when they held Afghanistan off to 115-5 in 20 overs. To make it semifinal by beating the teams like Australia and Afghanistan on net…