“Between 2019 and now there is too much difference and we recently defeated them [South Africa] In Sharjah – 2-1 – so we have that confidence with us and we are not under pressure anyway, “Shahidi said at his press conference on Thursday.” Because at this moment we are focusing what we can do in this tournament and I think that I think our team is smarter for this tournament and we are focusing on our own team. There is no pressure on us. “
“First, about people here, there are many Afghan,” Shahidi said. “They live here in Karachi and Pakistan and also many people from Pashtun, I think, support us. So yes, yesterday there were many crowds screaming for us [during training] And he feels good and gives us confidence that we have followers here and about our performance. “
“We are very good and, in this tournament, we are here to compete here and our goal is to win the final,” said Shahidi. “We are not here just to participate here in this tournament. We are definitely looking to win this event and at the same time because we play a lot They are suitable for us.
“[But] We have also had a good look, I think that probably a team similar to the one we played in Sharjah that will return again. So, I guess we know what to expect. “
Bavuma said that the challenge for his bowling players in this tournament would be to maintain his discipline on the friendly clues for batting. “I think that in terms of the conditions here, we have had a good look what to wait for. Probably friendly wickts for batters and I think a fairly pleasant challenge for bowling players. Our challenge as a bowling unit is to be one of the units of more disciplined and precise bowling.
“From a batting point of view, the marker pressure is a big thing. The boys enter, making sure they are large so that we can challenge that type of scores 330-340-350.”
Shahidi when playing in Afghanistan: ‘Hopefully that day arrives’
“I have answered this in Pashto, but let me say it again because in the media I heard a lot from other countries that they [Afghanistan] They have no facilities, they have no stadiums, they have no academies. It’s totally bad, “Shahidi said.” We have good facilities. We have cricket academies. We have a high performance center in Kabul and Jalalabad and we also have stadiums in all areas of Afghanistan. Therefore, we have the facilities to call a team to come to Afghanistan, but in our country there were some security problems, so other countries will not arrive, with luck, as soon as possible, one of the countries will come to Afghanistan And they will see the crowd too.
“When we play domestic cryket, it is completely full. Even people wait outside the stadium and try to come and see the national game, as more than 50,000, 40,000 or 30,000 people who come to the end of an event. I know that if any team Come to Afghanistan, there will be thousands of people, fans come and arrive at the stadium because there is a lot of madness for Crick.
*This story was updated after the press conference of South Africa.
