Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi has lauded Rahmanullah and stated that he’s a match-winner. He additionally stated that Gurbaz can change the sport at any cut-off date. It’s price noting that Gurbaz smashed a superb half-century, setting the momentum for Afghanistan’s second World Cup victory. The 21-year-old batter obtained a stable begin and hit his half-century in simply 33 balls and went on so as to add one other 30 runs within the subsequent 24 deliveries. He was standing on the verge of getting a century however then he obtained run-out whereas taking part in the sport towards England.
“See Rahmanullah is among the gamers in our staff who’s, I imagine a match-winner participant. He can change the sport anytime,” Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi said within the pre-match press convention in Chennai.
“You realize each time I’m speaking to him additionally, I’m telling him that you’re a match winner so he put a variety of impression on the video games when he doing nicely so he did nicely within the final recreation additionally sadly he obtained run out and as like I anticipate that he’ll play rather more than what he did in final three video games in future video games so each time he do nicely, robotically our staff will carry out nicely together with his efficiency,” Shahidi added.
Earlier, Afghanistan registered one of many largest upsets in World Cup historical past as they defeated England by 69 runs within the ongoing World Cup on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Sunday. Gurbaz ended up taking part in the knock of 80 runs in simply 57 balls, serving to Afghanistan put up an enormous complete of 284 runs.
If Afghanistan needs to seal their place within the knockout stage, they want Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s type. The sort of batting he’s doing within the ongoing World Cup, it seems to be just like the Afghans have a stable likelihood to qualify for the knockout stage.