{"id":79241,"date":"2024-06-23T08:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T08:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/watch-afghanistan-players-dance-on-champion-song-onboard-team-bus-to-celebrate-historic-win-over-australia-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T08:29:03","slug":"watch-afghanistan-players-dance-on-champion-song-onboard-team-bus-to-celebrate-historic-win-over-australia-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/watch-afghanistan-players-dance-on-champion-song-onboard-team-bus-to-celebrate-historic-win-over-australia-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Afghanistan players dance on &#8216;Champion&#8217; song onboard team bus to celebrate historic win over Australia | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-111204503,imgsize-66636.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Watch: Afghanistan players dance on &#8216;Champion&#8217; song onboard team bus to celebrate historic win over Australia | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Watch: Afghanistan players dance on &#8216;Champion&#8217; song onboard team bus to celebrate historic win over Australia | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Afghanistan<!-- --> wrote a historic chapter in its cricket history with first ever victory over Australia that has also kept alive the team&#8217;s hopes of reaching the <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- --> semifinals, and the celebrations in the Afghan camp are expected to go deep into the night in Kingstown, St Vincent.<br \/>On Saturday (Sunday morning in India), Afghanistan produced an all-round show to put it across the formidable Australian team for a 21-run victory in a Group 1 game of the &#8216;Super 8s&#8217; stage. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"strong \">T20 WORLD CUP: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/schedule\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">Schedule <\/a><span class=\"strong \">| <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/points-table\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Points Table<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Rahmanullah Gurbaz (60) and Ibrahim Zadran (51) led the team&#8217;s batting to put up 148 for 6 on the board on a challenging track, pacers Gulbadin Naib (4 for 20) and Naveen ul Haq (3 for 20) bowled their heart out to knock the Aussies over for 127 at the Arnos Vale Ground.<br \/>The victory scenes on the ground saw the Afghan players and coaching staff leaping over each other to celebrate. Later, the celebrations extended to the team bus, where the players danced to Dwayne Bravo<!-- -->&#8216;s song &#8216;Champion&#8217;. Incidentally, Bravo is also Afghanistan&#8217;s bowling consultant for the T20 World Cup. <br \/>A video of the players dancing has gone viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s iconic win has made them a contender for one of the two semifinal spots available in Group 1. 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