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AUS vs AFG: Steve Smith won hearts by showing sportsmanship, took back the out call

By Sudha Saxena | Mar 1, 2025, 15:59 IST
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Australian captain Steve Smith has shown sportsmanship in the match against Afghanistan, which is being praised all around. During the match played against Afghanistan under the Champions Trophy 2025 in Lahore, there was a run-out appeal against Noor Ahmed. But Smith displayed true sportsmanship by taking it back. The above incident happened on the last ball of the 47th over when Noor Ahmed came out of the crease thinking that the over was over. During this, Australian wicketkeeper Josh Inglis immediately removed the bails and appealed for a run-out. Smith was watching all this, he immediately asked the umpire to cancel the appeal. After this decision of Smith, there was a lot of reaction on social media- 

This is how the Afghanistan team played

Afghanistan had a bad start while batting first. Gurbaz got out on 0. Ibrahim Zadran scored 22 runs off 28 balls while Rahmat Shah got out after scoring 12 runs. Captain Shahidi got out of Jampa after scoring just 20 runs. Meanwhile, Sadiqullah Atal, standing at one end, continued to score along with Azmatullah Zazai. Azmatullah scored 67 runs off 63 balls with the help of 5 sixes while Atal missed the century. Atal scored 85 runs off 95 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. Rashid Khan took the score to 273 by scoring 19 runs. In reply, the Australian team dashed Afghanistan's hopes by scoring 90 runs in 10 overs only. 

Playing 11 of both teams 

Afghanistan:  Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Australia:  Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith (captain), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson

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