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Afghanistan excel in exile at World Cup even if semi-final eludes them

Whatever happens next, this still feels like a breakout moment for a team that has already had a few. It took a meeting with the defending champions at Delhi to lift Afghanistan, a 69-run win headlined by Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 57-ball 80 and Mujeeb’s all-round display. That led some to ponder whether it was the greatest-ever World Cup upset, but England’s subsequent misery and Afghanistan’s wins over Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands have quietened that particular debate.