Afghanistan will begin their T20 World Cup marketing campaign on June 4 in opposition to the debutants Uganda on the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Ahead of the encounter, captain Rashid Khan exuded immense confidence within the group’s means. Afghanistan carried out exceptionally effectively within the ODI World Cup final yr beating groups like England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and had Australia on the brink earlier than Glenn Maxwell performed a particular knock.
No marvel, Rashid and his males are being touted to make it to the semifinals this time round by some of the specialists. The skipper is delighted to realize it however desires his group to concentrate on the sport in the meanwhile and in addition recalled that they have been just one sport away from making it to final 4 on the World Cup final yr. “Yeah, a couple of folks have talked about Afghanistan goes to be there for semis.
“We take that as a really optimistic signal. Earlier, it used to be arduous for us to even qualify. And now to be nominated to be there within the prime 4, I believe it is a massive factor for us. But we do not have a look at these issues loads. It’s all about how we’re going to be there on the bottom, delivering. We have been very practically within the final [ODI] World Cup semis as effectively.
“We were just one game away from being in the semis and that’s where I feel the belief started that nothing is impossible for us as a team. So yeah, we are really excited about this World Cup but as I said before we take one game at a time and then see how it goes,” Rashid mentioned on the eve of the opener in opposition to Uganda.
However, when it comes to preparation, Afghanistan will not be behind as they landed within the Caribbean two weeks earlier than the event and held a preparatory camp. Also, many of their gamers have expertise of taking part in within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and have gotten an concept of the pitches. Afghanistan might be taking part in all their group matches within the Caribbean ranging from Guyana for the video games in opposition to Uganda and New Zealand after which transfer to Trinidad and St Lucia to face Papua New Guinea and the West Indies respectively.
