Afghanistan out to pip finalists India on their way out

It's been a rough few days for Afghanistan. Topping Group B with a Net Run Rate of +2.270 has eventually amounted to zilch as they've come second in two successive thrillers - against Pakistan and Bangladesh - to be the first team to bow out from the Super Four stage. The initial performances were laced with all-around effort and brought along serious promise of breaking away from their underdogs' image and being true contenders for glory.

But the lack of experience in crunch situations, perhaps, did them in twice - first while defending 39 runs off the last four overs against Pakistan, which was eventually down to 10 off six balls and chased with three to spare; and then faltered while needing to score eight off the last six balls against Bangladesh.