Jonathan Trott is the head coach of the Afghanistan team. Under the captaincy of Rashid Khan, the Afghanistan team has reached the Super 8.
New Delhi. Afghanistan Cricket Team Head Coach Jonathan Trott is very happy with the team reaching Super 8 of T20 World Cup 2024. However, he says the best of the Afghan team is yet to come. Trott said that Afghanistan have to play a match against West Indies in the league stage. It remains to be seen where his team is in this match. Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets on Thursday to book their place in the Super Eight with their third consecutive group win. With this result, New Zealand, who had qualified for the finals of the 2021 tournament, were eliminated.
Former England player Jonathan Trott said, ‘We still have one match left, an important group match, and that will be a good gauge of where we are against a strong West Indies team, who won a great match against (New Zealand) last night. ). So it’s good to win tonight and qualify like that. It’s a good feeling to come into the World Cup and win three matches, but also accept the reality that we haven’t won anything yet. We have some important cricket matches to play in which we have to perform well.
Match against India on June 20
Under the leadership of charismatic all-rounder Rashid Khan, Afghanistan has performed brilliantly in the current World Cup. Players like fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui have also performed well. Farooqui has taken 12 wickets so far. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are also in good form in batting. The team will face India in their first Super 8 match in Barbados on June 20.
‘Afghanistan team is very talented’
Trott said, ‘I think we are very talented and when we play our best cricket we can compete with anyone. We have seen this. I think we still haven’t played our best game. There are still some things we need to work on and we will work on them over the next few days to give ourselves the best chance of beating the main teams. The former England batsman was full of praise for Farooqui and credited bowling coach Hamid Hasan for improving him. He has contributed a lot in taking Afghanistan to Super 8.
Tags: Afghanistan Cricket, ICC T20 World Cup, T20 World Cup, Team India
First published: June 14, 2024, 17:29 IST