Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi mentioned he couldn’t be extra happy with his group’s efficiency following a heartbreaking two-run loss to Sri Lanka that knocked his facet out of the Asia Cup, right here on Tuesday.
Attributable to its inferior run price, Afghanistan wanted to chase down a 292-run goal set by Sri Lanka in 37.1 overs to qualify for Super4s.
Veteran Mohammad Nabi (65 off 32 balls) put it on the cusp of a well-known win by smashing the quickest half-century by an Afghanistan batter in ODIs.
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Finally, Afghanistan fell agonisingly quick by two runs because it was bowled out for 289 in 37.4 overs.
“Very dissatisfied about it. We fought effectively, we gave our 100 per cent. Happy with the group for the way in which we performed, the way in which we batted. I believe within the final couple of years we performed good cricket within the ODI format additionally,” Shahidi mentioned.
“We’re nonetheless studying rather a lot. We had lots of positives on this event. We’re very close to to the World Cup, what we did incorrect right here we are going to be taught and be higher for World Cup. Our crowd is at all times supporting us. We’re grateful to them.
“We tried our greatest to offer one thing again to them immediately, we really feel sorry for them,” he added.
Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka was relieved that they in some way discovered a method to win.
“It’s a troublesome one, very exhausting to defend such a complete. Nabi performed an impressive innings which just about took away the sport from us. We discovered a method to win,” he mentioned.