The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket crew will play its second match of the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 in opposition to Afghanistan in New Delhi on Wednesday. After a win in opposition to Australia, with superlative efficiency from the bowlers, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, India could be pumped as much as preserve the momentum in opposition to Afghanistan. The match can be prone to pit Virat Kohli in opposition to Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq. The two share a historical past after being concerned in an unpleasant spat throughout an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match earlier this 12 months.

Virat Kohli, taking part in for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Naveen-ul-Haz, taking part in for Lucknow Super Giants, had a heated argument through the match in Lucknow. The incident between the 2 once more got here up through the pre-match convention of the Cricket World CUp match.

After struggling in opposition to spin of their event opener, Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi on Tuesday stated it was a one-off and his batters are effectively geared up to take care of the likes of Kuldeep Yadav and Co within the World Cup sport in opposition to India right here on Wednesday. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan had taken three wickets every as Afghanistan have been bowled out for 156 in Dharamsala.

Afghanistan have world class spinners of their ranks with Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Zadran bowling within the nets usually.

“We play better spinners in the net sessions. Like if you see Rashid, Nabi, Noor and Mujeeb, we play them every day. So, I think our team is far better in playing spin bowling.

“So that sport you recognize we struggled however you possibly can’t say that you’re not adequate on one sport. So that sport is gone now and we all know we are able to play spinners higher and we’ll attempt to come again in subsequent sport in each division,” said Shahidi on the eve of the game.

The team’s trump card Rashid Khan went wicket less against Bangladesh as opposition batters chose to play safe against him.

Not taking too much risks against Rashid has been a trend but Shahidi said they are not too bothered about it.

“See, Rashid is the most effective bowler in ODI and T20s, so no matter opposition is doing, we do not care about that, like how they play, they need to play Rashid, however for us the necessary factor is how he has deliberate in opposition to the opposition. So that issues for us.

“We are playing ODIs over the last six months so he knows how to bowl and he knows how to bowl to every team. He has the quality and whenever it’s his day he can do anything against the opposition, so we are expecting and we are hopeful that he delivers in tomorrow’s game.”

India was house base for Afghanistan for a very long time. Their stars gamers are an integral a part of the IPL and at instances phrases will probably be exchanged on the sphere prefer it was the case between Naveen Ul Haq and Virat Kohli within the IPL earlier this 12 months.

Asked about that incident, Shahidi added: “See, as you mentioned before also, like India is our home, it was our home, we played here and the people of India give a lot of love to Afghanistan people.

“And what occurred within the floor, that aggression comes to each participant, it is not about India and Afghanistan. So, it may possibly come to everybody. So, this occurred and nonetheless like in case you see numerous our gamers, we’ve got idols from Indian crew like Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.”

With PTI inputs