Afghanistan soar into final four

We review the Super 8 phase of the T20 World Cup and touch upon Afghanistan's glorious triumph, India's sweet win against Australia, and the hopes for the semis and final. Talking Points: Afghanistan's historic wins over Australia and Bangladesh Gurbaz and Zadran - the rocks around Afghanistan's journey Playing their first official cricket match to 2004 to a semi-final in 2024 The political question around Afghanistan - and absence of public pressure Rohit Sharma's assault against Australia in St Lucia India and South Africa thriving with their Test-quality attacks The mystery of Kuldeep - and his indecipherable fastish spin Looking ahead to the semis and final Participants: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) Ashoka (@ABVan) Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy books republished by 81allout: War Minus the Shooting by Mike Marqusee Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward The Summer Game by Gideon Haigh  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related: ‘Cricket is the only source of happiness back home’ - Ben Morse and Masoud Popalzai - CNN The World catches up with Australia - Gideon Haigh - Cricket et al. substack Perfect Imperfection for Imperfect Tournament? - Neil Manthorp - Manners-on-cricket substack Human rights question hangs over success story of Afghanistan's men - Sidharth Monga - ESPNcricinfo