Head coach of the Afghanistan team, Phil Simmons, was at loss of words for the manner of his team's defeat in their historic inaugural Test against India here on Friday. Not just disappointment of losing but the disappointment at the way we played today (Friday). "I will blame 30 per cent on the occasion and I blame a lot more on the naivety of what Test cricket is about. Simmons agreed that playing against lower-ranked Test nations like Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, West Indies will make the Tests more competitive for Afghanistan. That's what I will take away from this game, players see that now and it's not just telling them that how tough Test cricket is.

Source: dna June 15, 2018 21:33 UTC