Fatullah , Bangladesh: Ravi after his team scored a surprise victory over Bangladesh in their match of the Asian Cup on Saturday , captain Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan credited the team for the historic victory .
“Our first victory against a full member ( ICC ) . Fans and the whole country must be famous and we’ll try to do better in the coming matches, ” Nabi , who also played a big role in the victory by taking three wickets in Bangladesh , said after winning 32 of the performance of his side. ( Highlights)
Today’s victory in Afghanistan was the first against a Test- playing nation and the best performance of their history of cricket.
” Our fans have always prayed for us and love us so I want to thank them ,” said Nabi .
He praised the duo of Asghar Stanikzai (90 not) and Samiullah Shenwari (81) sewn 164 for the sixth wicket to save Afghanistan from a precarious position to take them to 254 for six in their innings. ( Scoreboard )
“Bangladesh bowled very well up to 25 more , and the last partnership ( between Stanikzai and Shenwari ) was great It was a good partnership We scored 107 points in the last 10 acquisitions. . ” Said off – versatile spinning .
“Our boys played brilliantly in the first overs ( Bangladesh continued implementation ) and responded well . We missed a few catches to the end so we were in a bit of pressure . But we finally got there . “
Man – of – the -Match Shenwari also credited the victory to the team effort.
“It was a team effort, the coach, manager and everyone . We wanted to bat 50 overs and I did. 150 was the great partnership , our plan was to just stay at the counter and when we took 107 tracks of the last 10 overs , that was the main point , “he said.
“I learned leg spin from the beginning and we have worked hard with the coaches . ”
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim conceded disappointed that his team was dominated in all three departments of the game.
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim conceded disappointed that his team was dominated in all three departments of the game.
“We were dominated in all three departments . We played well in the first 30 overs ( Afghanistan sleeves ) but they did much later , especially in the slog overs . They batted very well and we were not given a chance and we were short launcher , “said Rahim .
” 254 was chasable , we could have hit better but they upset too. Our bowling was OK , but they hit really well in the end. “
He said Bangladesh was also under pressure in the absence of senior players Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal .
” Shakib and Tamim were not there so there was a lot of pressure . I tried to bat well, but I got out cheaply. No chance for boys. It’s hard to believe that we have disappointed fans , but we would like to improve the remaining matches.
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