Afghanistan cricket team captain Mohammad Nabi has admitted that he has a tough job at hand in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup but he will try his best to lead the team.
The T20 World Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from October 17.
Afghanistan are in Group 2 alongside India, Pakistan, New Zealand and two qualifiers.
Nabi was named captain of the final Afghan squad on October 10 after star all-rounder Rashid Khan declined the role alleging that he was not consulted while selecting the team. The 36-year-old Nabi is, however, not new to the captaincy, having led the side from 2013 to 2015.
“Yeah, it’s (captaincy) a tough job in the end, I will try my best to lead the team in the World Cup and perform well in the tournament. (I am) really excited to play as a captain in this event,” Nabi said in a conference call with the media.
Afghanistan will play their first match on October 25 against a yet-to-be-decided qualifier from round one.
Nabi steered clear of the matter, only mentioning some visa trouble that the team faced before getting here.
“The team is brilliant and they are preparing from the last one and half month, and there was little-bit (of) struggle on visas, so didn’t arrive in UAE early, they were practising in Qatar,” Nabi said.
“They (the players) adjust with the weather, Qatar and UAE weather are all (almost) the same. We will try our best to perform well in the tournament…and go until the end,” added the right-handed batter and off-break bowler.
