Even as Afghanistan is rolling past the USA to go into the semi finals of the ICC Twenty20 Qualifiers, one of their leading cricketers credits "Rocky" for inspiration.
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Hamid Hassan believes there is a rather similar path that cricket in Afghanistan is taking to the story of the character of Rocky Balboa in "Rocky" played by Sylvestor Stallone.
A movie buff, Hassan, a leading star cricketer of Afghanistan cricketer, has set his sights on the ICC World Twenty20 2010 in the Caribbean after Afghanistan narrowly missed qualifying for the 2011 ICC World Cup.
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