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#1 Afghanistan's fairytale
The 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe saw many games going down to the wire. With 2 places up for grabs in the 2019 World Cup, the tournament was supposed to be a tightly-contested one.
Afghanistan were one of the favorites before the tournament started, however, they got off to a disastrous start, losing the first three matches to Hong Kong, Scotland and Zimbabwe respectively. They managed to qualify for the Super Sixes by virtue of a win over Nepal.
Having qualified for the Super Sixes without a point, the Afghans managed to defeat West Indies, UAE and Ireland to book a place in the 2019 World Cup. UAE needed to defeat Zimbabwe which they did and then there was no looking back for Afghanistan.
Afghanistan beat West Indies by 7 wickets in the final at Harare to be crowned champions in the ICC World Cup qualifiers.
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