File picture of Afghanistan cricket group.© AFP
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan credited the home and franchise cricket expertise of his gamers for the spectacular performances that led his group to the Tremendous Eight stage within the ongoing T20 World Cup. Afghanistan registered three consecutive wins within the group stage to turn out to be the second group from Group C to advance to the subsequent spherical of the match after co-hosts West Indies. He additionally lauded his troops after sealing a seven-wicket win in opposition to Papua New Guinea, saying they’ve the ability set to adapt to completely different circumstances.
Afghanistan received the toss and opted to bowl first and bundled out PNG for 95 in 19.5 overs. Pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi grabbed three wickets whereas Naveen-ul-Haq clinched two scalps.
Within the chase, Gulbadin Naib smashed an unbeaten 49 to take his facet over the road with 29 balls to spare.
“They (the openers) have given us good begins within the final two video games and at this time was a superb alternative for the others to spend a while within the center. We had a home competitors earlier than coming right here and everybody are in type,” Rashid mentioned within the post-match presentation.
“That’s the great thing about taking part in of franchise cricket as the circumstances, a few of them have performed at St Lucia and understand how the pitch will play which can assist others. Everybody has the ability to regulate to any situation and hopefully, we are going to win that recreation (in opposition to WI) as properly,” he added.
After progressing to the Tremendous Eight stage, the star spinner mentioned the end result displays the mixed efforts of the gamers on the sphere.
“Feeling nice to qualifying for the subsequent spherical. Nice effort from the boys since recreation one. They know what they to do and have executed fantastically, making issues simple for me.
“You will need to have somebody like Gurbaz who goes out and takes on the bowling or Farooqi who picks up wickets within the powerplay. If the batter is attacking then as a bowler you must assault too particularly with pitches serving to you,” he mentioned.
Afghanistan will tackle West Indies of their last group stage encounter in Tarouba on June 17.
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