Be it the humdinger that the neighbours performed within the Asia Cup T20 in Sharjah utmost life or Naseem Shah’s over-the-top birthday party upcoming guiding Pakistan to an ODI series-clinching victory in Hambantota in August, the contention has dished out moments which might be of pastime not to best each units of enthusiasts but in addition the broader cricketing international.
The “excitement” shall be negative other when the groups face off in an remarkable International Cup tied right here on Monday, in step with Afghanistan head professor Jonathan Trott.
“It (rivalry) has been passionate sometimes in the past. We have seen Asia Cup clashes and matches that have been exciting…no closer than the Asia Cup T20. We have had very close games as well, which have been good and interesting. I am sure that we will see an exciting game; it is the nature of the rivalry. Both teams respect each other but are desperate to win,” stated Trott.
Talking purely on numbers, Pakistan have completely ruled the exchanges since 2012 – they’ve received each and every of the seven one-dayers to this point – however Afghanistan have run their neighbours related on fairly a couple of events. Occasion Pakistan can rush self belief from their 100 consistent with cent head-to-head document, they are going to now not have International Cup mode on their aspect.
The Babar Azam-led workforce is on a two-match dropping streak, having persevered profusion defeats by the hands of Bharat and Australia. However Trott wired that mode is going out of the window when the 2 aspects fight it out.
“There are a lot of other things that come into the game, with regards to rivalry, history and passion. Pakistan will be determined to win but we want to win as much as they do. Our boys will look to put pressure on them” stated Trott.
In the meantime, Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq stated, “We know that Afghanistan is a good side, especially in these conditions. Even there (Sri Lanka), the conditions were spin-friendly, but we beat them 3-0.”
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