Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer says his players will not lock themselves in separate rooms to mourn the massive defeat at the hands of Afghanistan, instead they will try to piece it together and make a strong comeback in the ICC T20 World Cup . Afghanistan beat Scotland by 130 runs in Group 2’s Super 12 match at 190 for four. Scotland could manage only 60 as their batsmen had no answer to the moves of Afghan spinners Mujeeb ur Rahman (5/20) and Rashid Khan (4/9).
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“Trust among players is important. It’s not like we’ll be locked up in different rooms. We’ll be at the hotel together. We have to keep moving forward,” Coetzer said at the post-match presentation ceremony, keeping his chin up. said.
“Obviously not one of our better days. We’ve been playing some good cricket to get here, but at times things don’t go according to plan. It’s against a very good Afghanistan team on a potentially difficult pitch. Yes, we have to give credit to them and also to some good players.
“Mark Watt was really good. We fought hard in the field. It’s just a level check to see where our standards are. We’ll be better for it in the next game. We have a big group of players and the team have faith in.”
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Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi said that everything went exactly as he had planned. “That was our plan, to bat first and score big. The way our openers started really well, ended the powerplay with a good score and then Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Najibullah Zadran moved the strike really well.”
Talking about their dominant bowlers, he said, “Everyone knows Rashid and Mujeeb are among the best bowlers in the world. It’s a really good team and hopefully we keep winning. It was Mujeeb’s first match in the T20 World Cup and he got the man of the match, it’s great.”
Mujeeb Ur Rahman was adjudged Player of the Match for his five-wicket haul. “Congratulations to our country and this is my first player of the match in the World Cup. The people who supported us here gave me a lot of positive energy. The fans are supporting us and that is one of the reasons why we have played well.”
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