Afghanistan Cricket Team: The Afghanistan team has made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 for the first time. The team captained by Rashid Khan has booked a ticket to the semi-finals by defeating Bangladesh by 8 runs in their last match of the Super Eight. After this historic victory, the fans of the Afghanistan team are very happy.

The same legendary players are praising the team. But amidst all this, the Afghan team has suffered a big setback. Because the legend who made the rule by which their team won against Bangladesh has passed away. After this sudden incident, there is mourning in the cricket world.

Wires of veterans associated with Afghanistan Cricket Team

• It is known that rain caused a lot of disruption in the match between Afghanistan (Afghanistan Cricket Team) and Bangladesh.
• Due to this, the result of the match was decided under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. This match was kept for 19 overs, which the Afghan team won by 8 runs under the DLS rule.
• After this match, English statistician Frank Duckworth, creator of the Duckworth–Lewis method in cricket, died.
• Duckworth breathed his last on June 21 at the age of 84.
  The Duckworth-Lewis rule was developed by Duckworth and his partner Tony Lewis.
• Let us tell you that Duckworth's partner Lewis died in 2020 at the age of 78.

DLS was used in 1977

• Duckworth-Lewis Rule This rule is used in cricket matches interrupted by rain or when the game is stopped due to weather.
• This rule was first used in international cricket in 1997. DLS was also used in the ongoing T20 World Cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
• Before this method was introduced, thought was given to how to chase a fair score in limited overs cricket matches affected by weather.

In 2001, ICC implemented DLS

• The DLS rule was first used in international cricket in 1997 in Afghanistan's win against Bangladesh,
• Then in 2001, the ICC decided to fully implement this rule in international cricket.
• The rule was renamed in 2014 after Australian statistician Steven Strain slightly modified the Duckworth and Lewis rule.
• After the retirement of Duckworth and Lewis, the method was renamed the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method with some modifications by Australian statistician Steven Stern.
• It is worth noting that the DLS method is based on a complex statistical analysis, which takes into account several factors such as remaining wickets and lost overs to set a revised target for the chasing team.