In an ideal case, they would want Namibia to beat New Zealand and New Zealand to beat Afghanistan by a relatively low margin. Or just not lose to Namibia at all, which is of course very plausible indeed. New Zealand really just need to beat Afghanistan and not lose big to Namibia. This is why winning big against Namibia and Scotland is crucial for India as Afghanistan have a good run rate of +1.481 and New Zealand have a better run rate than India at +0.816. Assuming that New Zealand will beat Namibia, India, New Zealand and Afghanistan, all three will then be on six points and the team with a better run rate will sneak through. India would need to win big against Scotland and Namibia and then hope Afghanistan beat New Zealand. New Zealand vs Afghanistan match becomes crucial here. Here are the different scenarios for India to qualify for semis: But there is still a long way to go for India to qualify for the semis. With a 66-run win over Afghanistan, India got their Net Run Rate to a positive, from -1.609 to +0.073. Pakistan have already secured their place in the last-four from the group. They still remain in the hunt for the semi-finals along with New Zealand and India. The tournament's highest total proved too much for Afghanistan who finished on 144-7 in 20 overs. The Indian batting finally fired with Sharma and KL Rahul, who made 69, putting on 140 for the opening wicket to guide India to 210 for two in their must-win Super 12 game in Abu Dhabi. The institute was once famous for its inclusiveness and emerged as the face of a new Afghanistan.Opening batsman Rohit Sharma hit a blistering 74 to set up India's first win at the Twenty20 World Cup with a 66-run drubbing of Afghanistan on Wednesday as Virat Kohli's team avoided a shock early exit. None of the teachers nor the 350 students have come back since the takeover. Only enemies would want to destroy your history and your music,” she said.Īt the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, most of the classrooms are empty. “The Taliban are not friends of Afghanistan, they are our enemies. She said she was asking Turkish authorities to help other musicians get out of her homeland. “I had to survive and be the voice for other women in Afghanistan,” said Sayeed, now in Istanbul. Already used to death threats by Islamic hard-liners, Sayeed decided to escape the day the Taliban took over Kabul.
One who managed to leave already is Aryana Sayeed, a top female pop star who was also a judge on the TV talent show, The Voice of Afghanistan. Families where music is a profession passed through generations now too fearful to work are selling off furniture to get by. Two Afghan men push wheelbarrows loaded with furniture in the Kharabat neighbourhood in Kabul. Some said they hid instruments behind false walls. Another buried his rebab, a stringed instrument, in his courtyard. One had dismantled his tabla – a type of drum – and hidden the parts in different locations. Others said they were shipping their most valuable instruments outside the country or hiding them. Like many other musicians, he spoke on condition he not be named, fearing reprisals from the Taliban.Īnother musician in the room said the Taliban broke a keyboard worth US$3000 when they saw it in his car as he crossed through a checkpoint. The love and affection of the last years are gone,” said a drum player, whose career has spanned 35 years and who is the master of a leading music education centre in Kabul. They shared photos and videos from their performances around the world – Moscow, Baku, New Delhi, Dubai, New York. In one room, a group of musicians was gathered on a recent day, drinking tea and discussing the situation. In the family home of another ustad in Kharabat, everyone’s go-bag is packed, ready to leave when they can. Many musicians are applying for visas abroad. Now the 61-year-old sells chips and snacks to help feed his family of 13. In mid-August, he put away his tools, broke the instruments left in the workshop and closed down. Afghan luthier Mohammad Ibrahim Afzali holds a bucket with pieces of a broken harmonium inside his workshop in Kabul.