Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi has defended his resolution to incorporate front-line spinner Rashid Khan within the assault after 10 overs within the T20 World Cup loss in opposition to Pakistan.
Defending a troublesome 148, Afghanistan introduced within the star leg-spinner within the eleventh over itself, with Pakistan needing 76 off 60 balls.
Afghanistan misplaced the match by 5 wickets on Friday evening.
“I think it is not too late after 10 overs. He bowled really well, and he restricted him quite well,” Nabi stated in a post-match media interplay.
“… so in the end he has 12 balls for 24. That meant he restricted him quite well,” stated Nabi.
Rashid, who recorded figures of two/26, dismissed Mohammad Hafeez (10) earlier than taking the essential scalp of skipper Babar Azam (51) to place Pakistan in a precarious place.
But Asif Ali as soon as once more accomplished the position of the finisher, with the assistance of 4 sixes in an over, giving Pakistan a five-wicket victory.
“Pakistan ended the sport properly ultimately. But our boys performed very well. We bowled early wickets, then we scored properly on the board.
We held him very tightly until the nineteenth over. In the tip Pakistan gained the match. It’s a part of cricket.”
The match was additionally marred by crowd disturbance and spectators tried to climb over the stadium fence earlier than the safety workers may intervene.
“For Afghan followers, please purchase a ticket and are available to the stadium. Don’t repeat once more. This just isn’t good,” stated the prophet.
For Afghanistan, this was their first defeat of the event in Group 2 as they confronted powerful challenges forward with matches in opposition to India and New Zealand.
“There are plenty of constructive issues in these video games. We take constructive issues and we’ve got three extra video games, inshallah we are going to do properly, and now our workforce is in excessive morale.”
The normally calm and calm Nabi seemed fairly upset after a journalist requested him a query on his diplomatic relations with Pakistan after the Taliban takeover.
“I believe we will go away the state of affairs and simply keep on with cricket. It can be higher. We are right here for the World Cup and we’re filled with confidence and preparation.”
Moving on to Pakistan-Afghanistan relations after the change of presidency, Nabi stated: “It is not a question of cricket”, earlier than leaving the sector.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
