Abu Dhabi: Spin Wizard Rashid Khan He believes more international cricket will help Afghanistan overcome the pressure of facing bigger teams as they lost to India by 66 runs in Twenty20 world Cup.
But Rashid insisted that his morale is high ahead of Sunday’s Super 12 win against New Zealand as the struggle will decide his fate in the tournament.
India on Wednesday bounced back from their two opening defeats to beat Afghanistan after scoring 210 for two and keeping the opposition down 144-7.
“I think as a team we hardly get a chance to play with him against India and other good teams. We don’t get that opportunity. We only play with him in the World Cup,” Rashid said.
“It’s just belief. Once it comes, I think we can beat any side, but it will come when we play more cricket with those teams.”
Rashid, who played league cricket around the world including the Indian Premier League, was the fastest player to reach 100 T20 International wickets in 53 matches.
But his leg-spin rarely troubled the Indian batsmen in Abu Dhabi, as he went without wickets for 36 runs in his four overs, including two sixes by Rohit Sharma, who smashed 74 off 47 balls. .
Sharma’s scintillating innings and his 140-run opening stand with KL Rahul, who scored 69, isolated Afghanistan’s bowling, which missed Mujeeb ur Rahman’s mystery spin.
Mujeeb missed two matches due to injury and Rashid said there was no clarity on his availability for the remaining matches.
Rashid said the team is excited ahead of their final group game in Abu Dhabi.
“We will try to do our best as a team, come up against New Zealand in the next match and play with a fresh mind. This could also be the quarter-final for us,” Rashid said.
“If we win, we know we have a good run rate so we can be a team to reach the semi-finals.”
New Zealand will face Namibia on Friday and will play Afghanistan two days later.
spinner Michelle Santner He said that his focus is on winning his last two matches rather than looking at the net run-rate scenario.
“I think it’s just a matter of winning the next two games for us and we’re through it,” Santner said.
“So what are we going to see first and foremost for us to play our best cricket in Sharjah and move on from there beating Namibia and for Abu Dhabi against Afghanistan.
“If we win two games it’s in our control. I don’t think we need to look too much into the run-rate.”
But Rashid insisted that his morale is high ahead of Sunday’s Super 12 win against New Zealand as the struggle will decide his fate in the tournament.
India on Wednesday bounced back from their two opening defeats to beat Afghanistan after scoring 210 for two and keeping the opposition down 144-7.
“I think as a team we hardly get a chance to play with him against India and other good teams. We don’t get that opportunity. We only play with him in the World Cup,” Rashid said.
“It’s just belief. Once it comes, I think we can beat any side, but it will come when we play more cricket with those teams.”
Rashid, who played league cricket around the world including the Indian Premier League, was the fastest player to reach 100 T20 International wickets in 53 matches.
But his leg-spin rarely troubled the Indian batsmen in Abu Dhabi, as he went without wickets for 36 runs in his four overs, including two sixes by Rohit Sharma, who smashed 74 off 47 balls. .
Sharma’s scintillating innings and his 140-run opening stand with KL Rahul, who scored 69, isolated Afghanistan’s bowling, which missed Mujeeb ur Rahman’s mystery spin.
Mujeeb missed two matches due to injury and Rashid said there was no clarity on his availability for the remaining matches.
Rashid said the team is excited ahead of their final group game in Abu Dhabi.
“We will try to do our best as a team, come up against New Zealand in the next match and play with a fresh mind. This could also be the quarter-final for us,” Rashid said.
“If we win, we know we have a good run rate so we can be a team to reach the semi-finals.”
New Zealand will face Namibia on Friday and will play Afghanistan two days later.
spinner Michelle Santner He said that his focus is on winning his last two matches rather than looking at the net run-rate scenario.
“I think it’s just a matter of winning the next two games for us and we’re through it,” Santner said.
“So what are we going to see first and foremost for us to play our best cricket in Sharjah and move on from there beating Namibia and for Abu Dhabi against Afghanistan.
“If we win two games it’s in our control. I don’t think we need to look too much into the run-rate.”
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