Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi has defended his decision of bringing his front-line spinner Rashid Khan into attack after 10 overs against Pakistan on Friday in a T20 World Cup encounter, stating the leggie can restrict the opposition anytime during the game.Â
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Chasing Afghanistan바카라™s 147/6, Pakistan were 72/1 in 10 overs. Nabi brought Rashid in the 11th over with some experts feeling that the latter could have halted the opposition batsmen바카라™s early progress if given the ball a bit earlier.
바카라śI think it바카라™s not too late after ten overs (to bowl Rashid)," said Nabi after Afghanistan lost against Pakistan in a Super 12 clash following Asif Ali바카라™s pyrotechnics with the bat in the penultimate over of the match.
바카라śHe bowled really well and he restricted the batsmen quite well, that바카라™s why they needed 24 runs from 12 balls (to win at the end).바카라ť Rashid Khan바카라™s 2/26 also helped him become the fastest man to take 100 T20 international wickets in the process as well when he dismissed Pakistan captain Babar Azam for 51.
With a hattrick of wins, Pakistan have almost sealed their spot in the ongoing T20 World Cup semifinals. It leaves four teams 바카라“ India, New Zealand, Namibia and Afghanistan 바카라“ fighting for that second semifinal spot from the group.
With three games left, Nabi insisted his side바카라™s morale is still high despite suffering their first defeat in Super 12s. 바카라śWe have only played two games and we won one (against Scotland) and today was a close game, at the end Pakistan won the game,바카라ť said the 36-year-old Nabi.
Nabi, who scored 35 off 32 balls, had shared a 75-run stand with Gulbadin Naib (35 off 25 balls), to give his spinners something to bowl at but faced with Asif바카라™s brutal hitting it proved to not be enough.
바카라śThere바카라™s a lot of positive things in this game, we will take the positive things and there바카라™s three more games inshallah we will do well, the team morale is high.
바카라śEverybody came full of confidence that we could win the game and we tried our best, we gave 120 percent in the game,바카라ť he added. 바카라śBut it바카라™s part of the game, winning and losing, and Pakistan finished the game well at the end.바카라ť
(With ICC inputs)
