Five instances where teams scripted a comeback from certain defeat or elimination

#4 Afghanistan's revival to qualify for the 2019 World Cup

Afghans came from the brink of elimination to qualify for next year's World Cup

Coming into the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Afghanistan was a side to beat in the tournament. However, successive defeats at the hands of Scotland, Hong Kong and hosts Zimbabwe meant they were all but out of the contention,

Apart from a string of wins in the second round, Afghanistan needed a series of results to go their way in a bid to qualify for the 2019 showpiece event realistically.

They managed to knock over Windies, UAE and had to hope UAE pulled off an upset against hosts Zimbabwe to set-up a virtual knockout encounter against Ireland.

In a shocking turn of events, UAE managed to thump Zimbabwe in their Super-Sixes match by three runs, which meant the winner of Afghanistan and Ireland game would join the Windies as the tenth team for the 2019 World Cup.

The big boys in Rashid (3-40), Mohammed Shahzad (54) and Gulbadin Naib (45) stepped up against Ireland to knock the Irish out by five wickets.

Afghan's heist was not over yet as they knocked over the Windies in the finals to lay claim to the trophy as well as to the spot in the 2019 World Cup.