The Afghanistan national cricket team received a warm welcome by hundreds of people who gathered in capital Kabul today to greet the team for their impressive performance in ICC World Twenty20.
A number of the high level officials including the speaker of the Upper House of the Parliament, Meshrano Jirga, joined the gathering to welcome the national team players as they landed in Hamid Karzai International Airport today.
The Afghan team started the World Cup campaign with thrilling performance in the qualifying group stage where they secured consecutive wins in the first three matches against Scotland, Hong Kong and Zimbabwe.
The back to back wins helped the Afghan team to qualify in Super 10 of the World Cup and start campaign against the leading teams of the world.
Afghanistan lost their first match in Super 10 to title defending champions Sri Lanka but they were on the verge of giving an upset to South Africa and England as they lost the two matches narrowly and with less difference of 37 and 15 runs.
However, the passionate Afghan team remained committed in creating a history in their World Cup campaign and managed to defeat the strong West Indies team by 6 runs in their last match on Sunday.
