Afghanistan participant Rahmanullah Gurbaz and coach Jonathan Trott throughout a follow session. File
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Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott on Saturday termed the first-ever bilateral white ball series against India a “step in the right direction” and hoped his aspect will get extra possibilities against different international locations as properly in future.
Afghanistan had performed a one-off Test against India in 2018, and now Trott needed to construct on this expertise.
“The bilateral series (against India) is a step in the right direction for our side. It’s an indication of the progress made by the side,” said Trott in his pre-match press conference ahead of the second T20I on Sunday.
“Hopefully, it can happen all over the world and not just in India. We want to play as many series as possible in other countries as well.” The Afghan gamers have huge expertise in taking part in everywhere in the world in franchise cricket, however Trott stated nothing can actually match the publicity of taking part in as a crew in bilateral series.
“The extra cricket we play as a crew, the higher it’s for us. The gamers will get extra publicity. At the second, their publicity is restricted to franchise cricket. This is the primary bilateral series against India, and it’s a giant event for the aspect.
“Individually, the players have been around the world, but we hope to go to countries as a team,” Trott said.
Those experiences, Trott said, will help the Afghan players to get familiar with world-class opponents in different conditions, the only way he felt to get better as a team.
“Every team’s gonna have world-class players and we need to get accustomed to that if we want to start winning and beating sides. You’re going to have to bowl against the best or face up against the best bowlers in the world.
“That’s a terrific problem and that’s why we play this recreation. It’s thrilling for our boys. I’m actually wanting ahead to seeing how we go up against the world-class gamers.” Trott used Afghanistan’s good outing in the ODI World Cup as a pathway to the long run.
“I think we’ve done well in the past in the World Cup. We had a bit of a taste of that (winning against top sides) in the 50-over World Cup where we beat some top sides. I think we can do that in this format as well,” he detailed.
After the on-going series, Afghanistan will journey to Sri Lanka and Ireland to play a Test, three T20Is and as many ODIs in every of these nations.
Trott was excited on the prospect of his aspect taking part in a superb quantity of worldwide cricket.
“We need to make sure we play well in this series and get ready for Sri Lanka, which is coming up in February. That will be a big series, as well as the one against Ireland, which will be the last T20I practice ahead of the World Cup.
“And you know, obviously, two Test matches as well. So, exciting times are ahead for us,” stated Trott.
The former England batter stated his bowlers have to step up their recreation in the second T20I and problem the Indian batters.
“We should make sure that we stick to our plans and tighten up in a few areas. I thought we did a decent job in the middle-overs, cutting down some runs, but we still need to tighten things up as a whole,” he stated.
