Rashid khan statement: Unable to forget the defeat in Super Over… Poor Rashid due to grief

New Delhi. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan says that he is not able to forget the defeat in the double super over. According to him, victory against South Africa was within their grasp but later everything went wrong. Afghanistan had to face defeat against South Africa in a thrilling match in the group stage match of the T20 World Cup. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has still not been able to forget the defeat in the double super over. Rashid Khan said, ‘To be honest, it is very difficult. It is very difficult to remove a defeat like the defeat in the Super Over against South Africa from the mind. That match was in our hands. Despite this we could not win.

Afghanistan will face UAE on Monday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Before this match, Rashid said in a conversation with the media, ‘The match played against Australia at Wankhede in the 2023 World Cup never goes away from the mind. Until we won against them in the 2024 (T20) World Cup and then gradually it went out of our minds. This is quite disappointing. We have worked hard for this for the last one and a half years. The most important thing is what mindset we played with and how hard we worked. I think this is very important. This will help us not only in the upcoming matches but also in our upcoming cricket.

Afghanistan is on the verge of being out of the tournament after defeats against New Zealand and South Africa in the group matches. On this, Rashid said, ‘Due to lack of regular matches against big countries like South Africa and New Zealand, his team was less prepared for pressure matches. If you don’t get a chance to play against a big team, the same thing happens. If we had played more T20s against South Africa and New Zealand, we would have had an idea of ​​where this team can beat us and where we can do better. If you play them once a year, and that too in a World Cup event, then this is a time when you do not have the option to make mistakes.

He said, ‘If you play two matches in four days against New Zealand and South Africa, your World Cup can end in four days, and that happened with us. We lost both the matches in four days and were out of the World Cup. So, this pressure is different. You have to be mentally and physically prepared. If you make a small mistake, you are out of the competition. Rashid Khan said, ‘I don’t think much has gone wrong. We played good cricket, but were a bit unlucky. You saw the last match, we were very close, we were in the second super over. I think it shows that we worked hard. Afghanistan has to play 2 more matches against UAE and Canada in the T20 World Cup. There is a match against UAE on 16th and against Canada on 19th February.