Such was the joy unconfined amongst Afghanis after their team jointly won the ACC Twenty20 Cup with Oman last November in Kuwait, that only now have the overwhelming number of gifts of appreciation for the team stopped coming in. The final tally: US$ 23,000 for the team from President Hamid Karzai, the Governor of Nangrahar, the National Sports Committee and local businesses. Another US$ 40,000 was given by the Afghans in Kuwait to the team.