Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott talked about their decision to hold Rashid Khan back for the ICC World Cup 2023 match against India.
India achieved an easy victory over Afghanistan in Delhi. They chased the target with eight wickets in 15 overs to restrict Afghanistan to 272-8 and move to second place in the points table.
Openers Rohit Sharma (131 off 84 balls) and Ishan Kishan (47 off 47 balls) took the score to 94-0 in their 10 overs, but then Rohit exploded with a series of exhilarating shots. I set a huge recordup.
Strangely, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi postponed the introduction of Rashid Khan, who is not only Afghanistan’s star bowler but also one of the best white-ball spinners of all time, until matchday 16.
By this point, India had reached 125:0 and the offer ratio had fallen to a risk-free level of 4.11. This decision was criticized in some quarters.
Rashid finally broke the partnership by removing Kishan in the second over, but by then India had already reached 156. He also got rid of Rohit in the 26th over for 205 and could do little as he was left with 2-57. Has completed.
“Ididn’t hold him back. I think, yeah, that’s just the case – if it’s Rasheed [Rashid], in that case I certainly stopped him as soon as possible. I always want to feel like I want to bring it into the game.
“The captain obviously had a feeling or instinct that he wanted to go for this, and he did.” I think that’s the captain’s prerogative [Shahidi]. And I think there are times when maybe the ball gets a little bit older and Rush can throw the ball a little bit more spin and it doesn’t slide as much.
“So that leaves six of the 1.6 dozen left.” But either way, they want to get a player like Rush into the offense as soon as possible. So we’re always looking at that. ”
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