Abu Dhabi: Afghanistan All-Rounder Gulbadin Naib on Sunday said his team performed well at the T20 World Cup considering the accumulation was chaotic to the tournament after the takeover of their country by the Taliban.
Afghanistan won two and lost three matches at Super 12.
All of India wanted them to defeat New Zealand to keep the Virat Kohli team in the competition but the black hat proved to be too good for them.
Afghanistan has also secured automatic qualifications to the T20 World Cup next year in Australia.
“In the end, everything, we came here like three days before the tournament.
And it was great things for our team and our boys who gave very quickly, and we did a lot of good things here.” Likewise the good thing for us.
, so we qualify for the next World Cup.
We were in the last eight.
But it’s a lot of work now, “Naib said, who led Afghanistan in the 2019 World Cup, on post-match media interactions.
Star Spinner Rashid Khan also stopped the captain ahead of the T20 World Cup charges who were not consulted before the squad was picked.
Naib said his team needs to work more hard to defeat the top team like India, New Zealand and Pakistan who were lost in the competition.
However, there are quite positively from their campaigns.
“First of all, you see it at the beginning of the tournament, especially for Afghanistan, we defeat West Indies in the heating game, And we also beat Scotland like a unilateral match.
“And then if you look at the Pakistani side and Indian side, it’s not easy.
They are a big team.
So they don’t give you a single chance.
Like India, the last game we play against India, how they play, how they play.
They are brilliant.
They are amazing.
But we have a lot of work on our team.
“So it’s not like it’s over.
So we can do a lot of work on the team.
So as before our World Cup did not have much time to prepare our team, “Naib said.
‘Considering we came here three days before the tournament, we were fine’
