May 25, 2024

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T20 World Cup: My focus might be on cricket relatively than on getting married, says Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan

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Rashid Khan insists his thoughts is consumed by the World Cup and never wedding ceremony bells because the leg-spin specialist goals to encourage Afghanistan on the Twenty20 international occasion.

Rashid, who continues to be solely 23, is essential to his nation’s prospects of successful its first international title and a possible victory that will deliver uncommon excellent news to his homeland.Rashid, however, informed AFP that conjecture about his private life within the run-up to the event, which is at present going down in Oman and the UAE, won’t derail his plans.He denied ever saying, “I will marry when Afghanistan win a World Cup.””Actually, I was so shocked when I heard this because, to be honest, I never made a statement that I will marry once I win the World Cup,” stated Rashid, whose household lives in Nangarhar within the japanese a part of Afghanistan.”I just said that in the next few years I have more cricket and three World Cups (the 2021 and 2022 Twenty20 World Cups and the 50-over World Cup in 2023) so my focus will be on cricket rather than on getting married.”Rashid, who made his Afghanistan debut on the age of 17, is without doubt one of the most in-demand gamers in worldwide cricket.He’s already appeared in 51 T20 worldwide matches and over 280 T20 video games for franchises everywhere in the world.He has had a profitable profession that has taken him to England, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, and, after all, the Indian Premier League, the place he has been an everyday with Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2017.He has 95 T20 worldwide wickets at a mean of 12.63 and was named ICC Cricketer of the Decade within the format in 2020.‘Spin will be crucial on the Gulf’s low, sluggish wickets’”I think it will be a spinners’ World Cup,” stated Rashid. “The wickets here are mostly very good for spinners, so I think that’s the main reason most of the teams have more spinners in their attack.”Rashid is not Afghanistan’s solely front-line spinner; Mujeeb Ur Rahman and skipper Mohammad Nabi are additionally within the staff.”What I noticed during the Indian Premier League (the conclusion of which was also played in the UAE) was that wickets were good but there was not that much spin,” stated Rashid.”But I think the more we play in this World Cup we might see wickets which are a bit different and the more you play on these tracks it becomes slower and slower and they will be handy for spinners.”Rashid refused to choose a favorite for the World Cup, which is in its seventh version.”Well it’s T20 and anyone can beat anyone on the day,” stated Rashid, who stepped down from captaincy forward of the event after not being consulted within the squad choice.”We have a mixture of both experienced and young players and, most importantly, it’s quite balanced with a few all-rounders which makes the side very balanced, especially in T20 when you have more of that all-round option.”Afghanistan are in Group 2 of the World Cup with India, Pakistan, New Zealand and two qualifiers within the Super 12 stage which begins on Saturday.

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