Cricket World Cup: Missed Glenn Maxwell's Super-heroic 201* vs Afghanistan? Watch It Here

Glenn Maxwell - from Tuesday, he can very well be the synonym for super hero! The Australia star notched one of the greatest knocks ever by scoring 201* in a 292-run chase against Afghanistan to take his team to the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup. Glenn Maxwell's innings was laden with 10 sixes and 21 fours. He reached the double century mark in just 128 balls at a strike-rate of 157.03. Australia were reduced to 91/7 in 18.3 overs at one stage with Afghanistan bowlers controlling the show. Then Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins stitched a humongous stand to take Australia home.

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Battling pain and exhaustion, Glenn Maxwell conjured arguably the greatest knock (201 not out off 128 balls) in the history of limited overs cricket to singlehandedly propel Australia to a sensational three-wicket win over Afghanistan in the World Cup here on Tuesday.

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With this, Australia became the third team to enter the semifinals.

Opting to bat, opener Ibrahim Zadran became the first Afghanistan batter to score a World Cup hundred and guided his team to 291 for five.

In reply, Australia were down and out at 91 for seven in the 19th over. That's when Maxwell decided to take charge and led an incredible comeback while adding 202 runs for the eighth wicket with skipper Pat Cummins (12 not out), who watched the mayhem unfolding from the other end.

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In all, Maxwell smashed 21 boundaries and 10 sixes.

Earlier, Zadran carried his bat through the innings and finished on 129 not out off 143 balls.

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Afghanistan lost opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a 25-ball 21 but Zadran and Rahmat Shah stitched 83 runs for the second wicket to lay a