Now, following a week's break, they will go in search of a third win over a World Cup champion when they take on 1996 winners Sri Lanka in Pune on Monday. Afghanistan's defeats of England and Pakistan have, unsurprisingly, been labelled "upsets" and "shocks". "This team, it's not started from the World Cup," he told a pre-match press conference in Pune on Sunday. "In our good times and in our bad times, we believed in this team. That's the reason I think we are playing good cricket in the World Cup."

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha October 29, 2023 16:14 UTC