Meet the underdogs of 2015 World Cup

This year's World Cup is not just about Virat Kohli's smashing 107 against Pakistan or Gayle's record-breaking 215 against Zimbabwe. There is also UAE's Shaiman Anwar who scored over 300 runs in the tournament including a century against Ireland and two half-centuries against Pakistan and Zimbabwe and Afghanistan's Samiullah Shenwari, whose 96 runs against Scotland gave Afghanistan their first win.
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Here's a look at the underdogs of the 2015 World Cup, who have shone bright and broken stereotypes of the game.
Shaiman Anwar
Team: UAE
Achievements: This UAE player of Pakistani origin has made 309 runs in the tournament, the most runs made by any batsman from an Associate team of the World Cup.
High Moments: Anwar was the star of the UAE vs Ireland match, where he knocked his maiden century in 79 deliveries. He finished with 106 off 83 deliveries that included 10 fours and one six.
Hamid Hassan
Team: Afghanistan
Achievements: Hamid Hassan, the Afghan fast bowler has emerged as a cult figures of the tournament. He has taken seven wickets in the tournament, including three against Sri Lanka. He is also the first Afghani to have played at the Lord's stadium in June 2007.
High Moments: Hassan's biggest wicket this year was that of Kumar Sangakkara, who has been playing well consistently. "I was just enjoying that wicket because everyone knows that Sangakkara is the number one batsman in the world," he told a cricket website, after sending Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene back to the pavilion.
Shapoor Zadran
Team: Afghanistan
Achievements: The stylish Zadran is Afghanistan's fantasy cricketer. He gave the country its first win in the World Cup. With eight wickets he is among the top 10 wicket-takers in the Cup but it's his unbeaten 12 runs in 10 balls as the last player against Scotland that saw him trending on social networks.
High Moments: His boundary at 49.3 to give Afghanistan their first-ever World Cup win saw the social media giving him the ultimate salute - #respect. He also took four wickets for 38 runs against Scotland.
Josh Davey
Team: Scotland
Achievements: Scotland's Josh Davey has 14 wickets this World Cup and that puts him in the second position among leading wicket takers, much ahead of established bowlers from other teams.
High Moments: Though Scotland has not won a match, Josh Davey has made his mark in the tournament. His scalps include those of Sri Lankan veterans like Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene.
Samiullah Shenwari
Team: Afghanistan
Achievements: Samiullah Shenwari said that he had simply done his job after scoring 96 runs against Scotland, which led Afghanistan towards its first-ever World cup win. Though Afghanistan collapsed to 97 for seven to achieve the target of 211, Shenwari turned the tables with his 147-ball innings.
High Moments: Shenwari came on the crease when Afghanistan was 46 for 2. And he did not leave till the 47th over.
Sean Williams
Team: Zimbabwe
Achievements: Though his team has lost four out of five games, Zimbabwe's Sean Williams has been one of their outstanding performers. Williams has 289 runs to his credit in the tournament with three half centuries.
High Moments: His best innings came against Ireland, where he joined Brendan Taylor in the middle at 74/4. While Taylor constructed a dominant hundred, Williams stood by him and scored 96 keeping the Irish team under threat.
Mahmudullah Riyad
Team: Bangladesh
Achievements: Mahmudullah Riyad became the first Bangladeshi batsman to strike consecutive centuries in a World Cup tournament and one of the only two people to do so in this tournament.
High Moments: Remaining unbeaten at 128 from 123 balls against New Zealand at Hamilton, Riyad entered the top five list of run scorers in the World Cup 2015 on Friday and made Bangladesh the only side to have batted the complete 50 overs against the hosts. In the previous match against England, Mahmudullah scored a match-winning hundred and helped Bangladesh qualify for the quarterfinals.
Ed Joyce
Team: Ireland
Achievements: Ed Joyce is best known as the Ireland batsman who played for two different countries, Ireland and England, in successive World Cups.
High Moments: He scored 112 against Zimbabwe with a 138-run partnership with Andy Balbirnie.
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