Having misplaced to Bangladesh within the rarefied heights of Dharamshala, Afghanistan rapidly descended to the plains forward of its World Cup conflict right here towards India.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday afternoon, Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi confused that every one departments inside his squad have to carry out.
“We have a good spin attack, but only one department can’t win you games. You have to score runs for that, to win the game. Also in the Bangladesh game, we didn’t bat well but I still believe we can come back,” he mentioned.
Countering the host is not going to be straightforward and Shahidi mentioned, “We have to make these things simple, and we are used to full stadiums. We need to focus on our own game and deliver that.”
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The captain additionally backed Rashid Khan to prosper, “Whenever it is his day he can do anything against the opposition, we are hoping he delivers.”
Shahidi felt that enjoying towards his personal spinners whereas coaching was a bonus.
“We play better spinners in the net sessions. Rashid, Nabi, Noor and Mujeeb, we play them every day. I think our team is far better at playing spin bowling,” he mentioned.
The Afghan captain additionally toned down the chat across the tense exchanges between Virat Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq prior to now.
“What happened on the ground, that aggression comes to every player. We like a lot of your (India’s) players, we have idols like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid,” Shahidi mentioned and added that mentor Ajay Jadeja has spoken about coping with strain.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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