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![“He [Mohammad Nabi] is inactive fielding connected the boundary, moving amended than immoderate different youngster successful the team,” Afghanistan's skipper Rashid Khan said. File](https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png "“He [Mohammad Nabi] is inactive fielding connected the boundary, moving amended than immoderate different youngster successful the team,” Afghanistan's skipper Rashid Khan said. File")
After its awesome tally to the semifinals successful the T20 World Cup successful 2024, a batch was expected from Afghanistan successful this year’s showpiece.
However, 2 defeats successful the archetypal 2 games acceptable Rashid Khan & Co. backmost and their hopes of advancing retired of the radical signifier took a beating.
“Overall, if you look, I consciousness we played immoderate bully cricket, particularly the crippled against South Africa. A mates of ace overs and you can’t truly accidental things went incorrect for us,” the Afghanistan skipper said up of the last league fixture against Canada astatine the MAC Stadium successful Chennai.
Rashid highlighted the value of winning the archetypal games successful marquee events.
“The archetypal 2 games were truthful important for us. I deliberation the triumph against New Zealand successful the past WC gave america momentum.”
He besides said nary squad could beryllium taken lightly and they had to bushed the large teams to beforehand heavy successful immoderate event.
Asked if the tourney could beryllium the swansong for immoderate of the players, Rashid said it was each astir idiosyncratic decisions.
About 40-year-old Mohammad Nabi, Rashid said, “he is inactive doing good for the team. He is inactive fielding connected the boundary, moving amended than immoderate different youngster successful the team. And I consciousness similar helium inactive has immoderate cricket near successful him”.
