{"id":317479,"date":"2023-10-23T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=317479"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:26:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:26:02","slug":"afghan-captain-hails-teams-historic-win-over-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/afghan-captain-hails-teams-historic-win-over-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan captain hails team&#8217;s historic win over Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8216;The way we chased today, was very professional. We have been quality cricket from a couple of years. We will try our best to play positive cricket, and do a lot for our country.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan are out to make it a historic 50-over World Cup in India and their shock eight-wicket victory against former champions Pakistan on Monday reflected that philosophy, skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi said.<\/p>\n<p>Shahidi&#8217;s men went into the match against 1992 winners Pakistan as the tournament&#8217;s bottom team, whose lone triumph in four previous matches was a seismic upset of holders England.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SCORECARD<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Afghanistan proved that victory was no flash in the pan and pulled off another shock success after their top order fired in a clinical chase against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said the win &#8220;tastes nice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way we chased today, was very professional. We have been quality cricket from a couple of years. We will try our best to play positive cricket, and do a lot for our country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, bowling was very good, especially spin bowling. We gave a chance to Noor, and he showed. The game was in our hands from the beginning till the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We always had belief and at the start of the tournament I told my team I wanted to make it a historic one for our country and our people,&#8221; Shahidi said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did that against England and now today against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are looking forward to playing positive cricket in our next games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/im.rediff.com\/cricket\/2023\/oct\/23gurbaz-zadran.png?w=670&#038;h=900\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Zadran, who was named Player of the Match for his 87 in Afghanistan&#8217;s run chase, said he played with a positive intent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thankful that I performed well in this event. I wanted to play with a positive intent,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many times Gurbaz and I have done a brilliant partnership together. We have played a lot of cricket together, right from the Under-16 days. I am feeling very glad for myself and for my country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former captain and senior player Mohammad Nabi said the win was a big moment for the whole of Afghanistan, having lost every game that they played against the bitter rivals from 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have played eight games against Pakistan, and won in a big event. It&#8217;s a lovely moment today. We beat England as well, and now Pakistan. The team is confident now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Earlier) in the last moments, we used to lose the game (to Pakistan). We thought it was the same wicket like against New Zealand, but it was totally changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of close games, and this is a fantastic feeling. We shouldn&#8217;t have lost against Bangladesh. But now half the tournament is gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Cup 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/cricket\/report\/icc-world-cup-2023-pix-afghan-captain-hails-teams-historic-win-over-pakistan\/20231024.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The way we chased today, was very professional. We have been quality cricket from a couple of years. 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