Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi has expressed confidence in his team’s ability to tackle the Indian spinners when the two teams meet on October 11 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi in their second group stage match of the ODI World Cup 2023.
“You know, we play better spin in the nets sessions. If you see Rashid [Khan], Nabi [Mohammad], Noor [Ahmad] and Mujeeb [Ur Rahman], we play them every day,” Shahidi said. “I think our team is far, far better [than what it showed against Bangladesh in Dharamsala] at playing spin bowling. That game we know we struggled, but [based on] one game, you can’t say you’re not good enough. That game is gone now, and we know we can play spinners better and we’ll try to come back in next game.” Shahidi was quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
“We have the talent and we have the skill to make a comeback in the next game and for the rest of the tournament. India will get a huge crowd support in the game against us, and we have to work through the crowd pressure,” Shahidi said.
