Dunedin (New Zealand), Feb 26: Afghanistan registered their first World Cup win by beating Scotland by 1 wicket and 3 balls to spare in a last over thriller here today. Soon after the match, cricketers and fans from all over the world heaped praises on Afghanistan's first World Cup victory.
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Here's how the twitter world reacted to Afghanistan's first World Cup victory.
Congratulations to Afghanistan on a great day!!tough luck Scotland.been a great game to watch.#AFGvsSCO #cwc15
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar) February 26, 2015
RT @ACBofficials: Emotional worldcup first win #cwc15 #AFGvSCO #BlueTigers pic.twitter.com/TqyJ002xBx
— Thatscricket (@thatscricket) February 26, 2015
Pakistan team must be thanking God that they aren't playing AFG #AFGvSCO #CWC15
— Gururaj Bhatia (@gururajbhatia) February 26, 2015
Until today, no team chasing has gone on to win a WorldCup match from the depths of 7-97 or worse. #AfgvSco #CWC15
— Ric Finlay (@RicFinlay) February 26, 2015
Thankfully there was no celebratory aerial firing in the ground after the win.... #AFGvSCO
— SabahatMS (@SabahatMS) February 26, 2015
#Afghanistan snatch victory from jaws of defeat #AFGvSCO http://t.co/RZSQ4HUxcH
— M Hamza Khan (@MHamzaKhan4) February 26, 2015
What a game!! #shenwari take a bow! #CWC15 #AFGvSCO Hope they get somewhere from here onwards.
— Rishabh Daga (@rishabhdaga) February 26, 2015
Yet another close match involving associate nations. Hope ICC takes note of it before going forward with 10 team WC :) #CWC15 #AFGvSCO
— Nishad Korgaonkar (@nishad_nk) February 26, 2015
These associate matches! Less brains more heart. Less game-plans more competition. Less hype more fun. #AFGvSCO #CWC15
— anil rodhan (@RodhanAnil) February 26, 2015
First nail biting match of this year's #CWC15 involves the so called minnows. 👌👏 They showed character better than some big teams #AFGvSCO
— Karthik (@ImKarthik203) February 26, 2015
#AFGvSCO The Afghans would be proud of having won this war---sans bullets of course, as this was no less than a battlefield. #CWC15
— Prasad (@Prassadd) February 26, 2015
See associate teams are playing more close matches then top rank teams yesterday #IREvUAE today #AFGvSCO two best cricket matches #cwc15
— Y A S I R (@Yasirhere) February 26, 2015
Has anyone let the @USEmbassyKabul know its safe to congratulate Afghanistan on their #CWC15 win now? ;) @Tenash921 @ashrafghani #AFGvSCO
— Click (@ClickCollins) February 26, 2015
Now US embassy Kabul can confidently tweet. Its confirmed: Afg registered their first win in cric world cup. #AFGvSCO
— Tanzeel kanroo (@tanzeelkanroo) February 26, 2015
Thank God for Scotland.. they are the only team worst than Pakistan in this World Cup! #AFGvSCO
— Altaf B. (@AltafBehan) February 26, 2015
Minnows? not really! an excellent game of cricket! #AFGvSCO
— Asad Ikram (@asad_ikramm) February 26, 2015
OMG! Afg defeated Sco after being 97/7. Crazy game this! #CWC15 #AFGvSCO
— thєdαrkrєвєl (@thedarkrebel) February 26, 2015
So the 2 best matches of World Cup are played between 4 associate teams. #CWC15 #IREvUAE #AfgvSco @djuicepakistan #ShorMacha @ESPNcricinfo
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) February 26, 2015
Wonder what sort of crackers they will burst back in Afghanistan after their famous win #AFGvSCO
— Jayakrishnan (@MalluStyle) February 26, 2015
dear @icc still you want 10 teams in next world cup??? #AFGvSCO
— abhilash mayya (@abhilash_mayya) February 26, 2015
Kabuli Chana wins over Scotch. #AFGvSCO
— Amey (@ameymairal) February 26, 2015
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