Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi said Thursday Indian Premier League is an ideal tournament where players become habituated of playing with pressure at the World Cup.
IPL is currently in the middle of this season and Nabi has so far taken seven wickets at an average of 12.42.
He said, “If you play these kind of pressure games before the World Cup, it will help a lot in the tournament against top opposition teams. It is a white-ball format after all. Yes, it is a change of format, but you can adjust easily to the 50-over game.”
The Afghanistan’s strike bowler feels his country now has the right mix of spinners to challenge any team at the 2019 World Cup.
He referred to Mujeeb ur Rahman and Rashid Khan adding further that a three-man spin attack will make Afghanistan capable of building pressure on opponent.
Nabi said that he is now become habituated to curb scoring early and all the three spinners have played their share recently in England.
On June 1 the country will begin World Cup campaign against Australia in Bristol. Both the teams met lsat at the World Cup and Afghanistan was walloped by 275 runs.
Nabi said Afghanistan has much-improved team and it is evident from its performance at the Asia Cup in 2018.
He further said, “We will try our best at the World Cup and challenge every team that we play against… God-willing, in future we will challenge everybody in Test cricket.”
