Chasing 292, Australia have been a certain defeat after dropping seven wickets with decrease than 100 on the board, nonetheless then, Maxwell carried out truly actually one among many most attention-grabbing knocks in historic earlier of one-day cricket to steer his aspect into an unbelievable win, and days later, the Aussies obtained a record-extending sixth World Cup.
Nonetheless, the Afghans exacted revenge for that painful defeat with victory in course of Australia all by means of the T20 World Cup a yr later after Maxwell as rapidly as additional threatened to take the game away from them.
“After that, we beat them in T20 World Cup, and we take into accounts all opposition workforce. We’re not coming to the underside to plan on categorical specific individual avid gamers. We’ll try our biggest to return once more as soon as extra with the planning, and we aren’t collaborating in solely Maxwell – we’re collaborating in Australia,” Shahidi talked about.
Wednesday’s win was their second in ODIs in course of England after their partaking victory all by means of the 2023 World Cup in India. The victory in course of England sparked wild celebrations all by means of the Afghan capital of Kabul the place fireworks have been lit and streets have been full of jubilant followers. Should Afghanistan get earlier Australia, it’s going to pave one among many best strategies for his or her second successive entry into the semifinals of an ICC event in decrease than a yr, following their inspiring run all by means of the T20 World Cup all by means of the Americas in 2024.
Shahidi, nonetheless, is not going to be discovering out pretty a bit into the prospects of semifinal look.
“I truly actually really feel it’d almost certainly be an outstanding sport for cricket, and our focus may be to keep up up components straightforward and do not fret pretty a bit about collaborating in semifinal. We’ll try to do our fundamentals appropriately, and we’ll try to return once more to the underside with good planning,” Shahidi talked about.
“Afghan people regularly cheer for us, as you observed (in course of England) all by means of the flooring. There have been fairly a number of our Afghan people. So, their assistance is regularly with us, and wherever we go, they assist us. They’re coming to the stadiums.
“And each time we play video video video video games like this, all Afghanistan, as quickly as further residence watching from TV. As rapidly as we stand up, we’ll analyse the opposition workforce and we’ll embrace good planning.”
With good spinners akin to Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed at his disposal, Shahidi is blissful to see the monitor in Lahore offering help to the gradual bowlers.
“In Karachi, there was totally fully completely completely different soil on the pitch we carried out. It was, I truly actually really feel, Australian soil … So that’s why there was nothing on the pitch for the spinner.
“Nonetheless yeah, inside the current day (in course of England) it was a bit little little bit of little little little little bit of assist. I’m unable to say one among many best strategies we get pitches in a lot of worldwide areas, like in Dubai and fully completely completely different worldwide areas. Nonetheless yeah, there was assist, and I truly actually really feel the spinners bowled moreover very efficiently, in tight areas,” he talked about.
“On this form of scenario, our spinners are unbelievable, and inside the event that they’ve a bit little little bit of bit help, I do know they might do it for the workforce,” Shahidi added.