With Afghanistan set to fulfill New Zealand within the subsequent World Cup match, Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi expressed his starvation for extra victories in World Cup 2023.

Hashmatullah Shahidi on victory in opposition to England in WC

Not too long ago Afghanistan received the match in opposition to England by 69 runs on October 15 at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Afghans have performed three matches to date within the World Cup and misplaced two matches.

With their victory in opposition to the defending champions, the Afghanistan Skipper Shahidi is completely satisfied and mentioned that he’s foreseeing victories within the World Cup match.

“I’m fairly completely satisfied, all of the teammates are completely satisfied. That is one of the best win for us, the boldness will probably be there for the subsequent recreation and I’m very proud. The openers get quite a lot of credit score. They gave us a fantastic begin however sadly, we misplaced back-to-back wickets within the center once more, quite a lot of credit score to the openers although, particularly Gurbaz.

Ikram was with us for the final 2 years and didn’t get quite a lot of possibilities, in the present day I believed in him and gave him an opportunity and he repaid my religion,” Shahidi mentioned in a post-match presentation.

“Final couple of video games we didn’t end properly however the perception is there. That is simply the primary win, we’re in search of extra within the match. This was simply the primary one, not the final one,” he added.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan dismissed three wickets every whereas Mohammad Nabi dismissed two wickets and helped the facet to victory. Gurbaz was spectacular with bat as he scored 80 runs on 57 deliveries.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman was named because the Participant of the Match for displaying his spectacular bowling expertise within the match. Shahidi praised him for his efficiency and mentioned, “Mujeeb batted brilliantly, he led from the entrance and scored vital runs for us. We now have to attain runs, our batting lineup wants to attain extra for our spinners. We now have quite a lot of confidence in our spinners.

Fazal began very properly, the primary wicket gave us quite a lot of momentum. Once I was batting, I noticed the wicket wasn’t supportive for batters in opposition to spinners. I advised the boys that 280-290 can be sufficient after I bought again into the dressing room. I need to say that the assumption, belief, and expertise are there.”

Afghanistan is scheduled to play in opposition to New Zealand on October 18 at MA Chidambaram Stadium.