Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi heaped rich praise on Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan after the two spinners helped their team register a massive win over Scotland in the ongoing T20 World Cup on Monday.
If Mujeeb picked five, Rashid Khan took four wickets to dismantle Scotland batting as the five batsmen registered ducks during the chase.
“The world knows we have some good spinners in the form of Rashid and Mujeeb, they’ve played everywhere in the world. We have a very good team combination,” Nabi told the host broadcaster Star Sports after the match.
“When we play the local tournaments, I, Mujeeb and Rashid are the most expensive bowlers. Mujeeb is playing his first T20 World Cup match and he got the Player of the Match award, that’s good to see, it’s fantastic,” he added.
Opting to bat first, Afghanistan scored 190/4 at the end of 20 overs. Najibullah Zadran was dismissed on the final ball of the innings after he smashed 59 off 34 balls to steer Afghanistan to 190.
Nabi said Afghanistan’s aim was to put on a big total on board and he was glad the team executed things as per the plan.
“The running between the wickets was good, we rotated the strike really well and Najib played well to help as post such a big total,” he added.
Afghanistan will next lock horns with Pakistan on Friday.
