Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi on Tuesday mentioned the upset win over defending champions England will give his aspect numerous confidence of their World Cup match towards New Zealand in Chennai on Wednesday. Afghanistan surprised England by 69 runs in Delhi on Sunday to report their second win in World Cup historical past. The Kiwis, who’re unbeaten within the match to this point, will pose a troublesome problem for the Afghans, however Shahidi asserted that his aspect could be as much as the duty as soon as once more.

“Definitely it was a big win for us. England are defending champion. So, that will give a lot of confidence for our team,” he mentioned in the course of the pre-match press convention.

“And we had belief from the beginning of the tournament, but the first two games didn’t go our way.” As far as Afghanistan’s preparations are involved, they’ve had sufficient camps and outings in India.

Afghanistan roped in former Indian batter Ajay Jadeja as a mentor for this match, and Shahidi mentioned that having Indians along with his aspect has actually helped their batting to flourish.

“We had a coach in the past also from India, and right now Jadeja. If you look at India, their (Indians) batting is very good. So, those talks about batting and the team, it helps us whenever an Indian coach is with us,” he mentioned.

Shahidi mentioned he didn’t agree with the notion that cricket services in Afghanistan usually are not ample.

“We have good enough facilities to prepare ourselves. We have good domestic cricket also. If we want to prepare or arrange camps in our country, it’s possible.

“In each metropolis, in Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, we now have services, we now have stadiums, we now have academies. It’s not like India, however nonetheless, you possibly can put together your self on it.” The Chepauk ground here is not an unknown territory for the Afghans, having had numerous training session and preparations at this venue, and Shahidi feels that the experience would come in handy against the New Zealanders.

“India was our dwelling for 2 or three years. So, we’re used to it. On this floor, we had a preparation camp for the 2019 World Cup. We spent 40 days right here.

“So, all these things give us a lot of advantage, especially in these conditions like India, because with that, the condition is same to Afghanistan also.”