The Afghans have toppled defending champions England, former champions Pakistan and Bangladesh to garner six points in the tournament so far.
Afghanistan바카라s semi-final performance in the ongoing World Cup that helped them toss away the 바카라minnows바카라 tag has a lot to do with the appointment of Ajay Jadeja as their mentor, reckons head coach Jonathan Trott. (Scorecard | Preview | Key Battles | Full Coverage)
The Afghans have toppled defending champions England, former champions Pakistan and Bangladesh to garner six points in the tournament so far.
It is a position from which they can dream of a place in the World Cup semifinals and a Champions Trophy berth in 2025.
Trott lavished praise on Jadeja for keeping the team in high spirits.
바카라I think Ajay brings a lot of experience having played a lot of cricket in India. He's always a good sounding board with regards to conditions, venues and also the other subcontinent teams that we've played against,바카라 Trott said in the pre-match press meet on Thursday.
The former England batsman said having Jadeja on the board during a high-pressure event made his job a bit easier.
바카라As for myself as a coach바카라as a good sounding board with decision making and sort of planning going forward for each game.
바카라It (Jadeja바카라s presence) is also another good set of eyes on the players to see how they're preparing for the matches and how their careers and talent is being utilised,바카라 added Trott.
Afghanistan might view Lucknow, the venue of their next match against Netherlands, as their 바카라home ground바카라 after having been based here some years back.
But Trott dismissed the theory of 바카라home advantage바카라 because of the team바카라s prior experience at the venue.
Trott said the pitch has been re-laid at the Ekana stadium and that should nullify such reasons.
바카라I think when it comes to home ground advantage, I think they (Afghanistan) have good experience of playing here. But in World Cup matches, they've relaid the pitch. So, it's a little bit different to how it has been in the past. I don't think (previous) experience plays that bigger role,바카라 said Trott.
However, Trott said the experience of playing against bigger teams will stand them in good stead.
바카라But we바카라ve won against big sides. the big Test playing nations. So, that바카라s good. I think tomorrow's challenge is going to be playing against a very good Dutch side who are in form and that's going to be the challenge for us, so very excited for it.바카라