Chennai: Afghanistan may not have a favorite tag to go to the T20 World Cup but the head coach Lance Klusener clearly feels the side can surprise many teams when they start the campaign against qualifications in Group 2 on October 25 on October 25 on October 25.
Old Alrounder, which appeared in 49 tests and 171 ODIS for South Africa, told TII about the preparation of his team ahead of the high profile tournament, the players to pay attention and more.
Quotes: How do you judge Afghan’s preparation before the tournament? We definitely have good players with several experienced T20 players who have played in the league throughout the world such as Rashid Khan, Mohammed Prophet and several others.
Afghanistan is one of the black horses in the tournament.
There is no side that will take us lightly because the situation changes very quickly in T20.
We are in a group with a star-studded side like India, Pakistan and New Zealand, and hope to install a good show.
Some of our players have played in the league throughout the world while the rest have been practicing in Afghanistan.
It must stand our players in traffic jams.
With a new regime in Afghanistan since August this year, how does it affect the soul of the players? I think the Taliban regime has become supporters and great cricket promoters.
Our players have trained hard for the tournament.
They have put a hard yard on Nets back home.
The Afghan players who have appeared in the T20 league and even a hundred in recent months have a lot of time the game under their belts.
I feel our players are physically and mentally good condition for the T20 World Cup.
Who — Do you think — Do players tend to make an impact in the tournament? This will be the T20 World Cup where Spin Bowling Allrounders will make a big impact.
With a goal that helps spinners, the team will be a big bet on a slow ball bowling alliance.
Like Rashid Khan, R Ashwin, Shakib Al Hasan and Moeen Ali, among others, can make a great impression on this pitch.
But if there is an allrounder I want to see in the action — it must be a hardik pandya.
If the hardik continues to Bowl, it will definitely be very big for India.
How do you see the opportunity for South Africa to appear on the show? They have a strong squad with players who appear in various T20 leagues around the world.
It’s about how they execute their plans on certain days and South Africa is one of the dark horses in the competition.
T20 is anyone’s game and is very difficult to predict favorites.
With the majority of teams ahead of T20 WC bringing a former player — India goes for MS Dhoni as a team of mentors — How does it affect the atmosphere of the dressing room? Dhoni is a player who has done everything.
A caliber player brings a feeling of calm into the dressing room atmosphere.
Afghanistan has brought Andy Flower as a consultant for events and teams like Pakistan, Sri Lanka also associates in the former player.
Former players like Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Andy, Stephen Fleming and others can play a role in providing small insights that can make a big difference in a few moments of the game.
Your mind about Rahul Dravid seems to be the next Indian coach? After playing with Dravid on many occasions — the cricket credentials were second to none.
In front of coaching, Dravid has done it well with the U-19 Indian team and recently with a senior team in Sri Lanka.
He will have good personal knowledge of young people knocking on the door of the national team and playing with players like Virat Kohli — Dravid will be able to judge other players better.
If Dravid takes over as an Indian coach, it will only bring more stability to this strong unit.