Glenn Maxwell‘s epic double century within the 2023 ODI World Cup is historical past — an irked Afghanistan captain, Hashmatullah Shahidi, replied when requested if they’ve made some plans to sort out the hard-hiting Australian allrounder forward of their digital knockout fixture in Group B of the Champions Trophy on Friday.
Afghanistan elimianted England with an eight-run victory to accentuate the race to semis and can meet the reigning ODI world champions within the concluding group-stage fixture for the 2 groups, with each the semifinal spots in Group B nonetheless open.
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On the pre-match press convention on Thursday in Lahore, Shahidi was not a contented captain when one of many scribes reminded him of Maxwell’s match-winning knock towards Afghanistan within the 2023 ODI World Cup.
“You assume we are going to come solely to play with Maxwell? Do you assume it will likely be like that? We’ve deliberate for all the Australian staff, and I do know that he (Maxwell) performed rather well within the 2023 World Cup, however that is a part of historical past,” an agitated Shahidi reacted whereas responding to the query.
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Australia had misplaced seven wickets for lower than hundred whereas chasing Afghanistan’s 292, however Maxwell produced a magical knock of 201* to finish a memorable win.
Shahidi was fast to remind that Afghanistan defeat Australia within the T20 World Cup final 12 months.
“After that, we beat them in T20 World Cup, and we take into consideration all (all the) opposition staff. We’re not coming to the bottom with plan for particular person gamers. We’ll strive our greatest to return with the planning, and we’re not taking part in solely Maxwell – we’re taking part in Australia,” Shahidi mentioned.
A victory towards Australia would safe Afghanistan’s consecutive semifinal look in an ICC event inside a 12 months. Nevertheless, Shahidi stays centered on the speedy job, selecting to not dwell on potential semifinal prospects.
“I feel it will likely be a superb sport for cricket, and our focus might be to maintain issues easy and don’t be concerned a lot about taking part in semifinal. We’ll attempt to do our fundamentals effectively,” mentioned the Afghanistan skipper.
