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- Updated: September 28, 2016
After Dawlat Zadran sliced Taskin Ahmed to the third-man boundary to seal Afghanistan’s tense win, there were hugs and handshakes in the camp, a far cry from their exuberant celebrations after defeating Bangladesh in 2014 or West Indies at this year’s World T20.
“We will try to win the series and then we will celebrate,” Man of the Match Mohammad Nabi said, before breaking into a smile.
Nabi said the win will help people forget Afghanistan’s close loss in the first ODI, where they lost by seven runs.
“After we lost the first game, people talked too much: ‘why you lost because you were supposed to win the game. In the end you lost the game,’ they said. From this win they are going to be really happy,” Nabi said.
“The win against a Full Member side means big for Associate Nations. Afghanistan cricket is …
