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Afghanistan's head coach Lance Klusener has praised Taliban, saying they have been “extremely supportive” of the Afghan national cricket team and wish to promote cricket in the country.
“The Taliban are all for promoting and supporting cricket by all accounts they’re very happy for us to continue and have been extremely supportive. It’s a huge, huge change for the country, for the people. It’s going to take a little bit of time for everyone to find their feet,” Klusener told AFP.
Apart from that, the former South African all-rounder shared his plans with the Afghanistan team, revealing that his troops are preparing to leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as soon as possible. Furthermore, he believes they are fortunate that their players have played in numerous leagues across the world.
The 50-year-old also believes that Afghanistan has the strongest spin attack in the world and that they will pose a significant challenge to opponents, particularly if the spinners get some help from the track.
“We were planning at least a month’s camp (in the UAE) but we are still waiting for visas, so that’s not going to happen. We will try to get there as soon as we can,” Klusener said
“We’re lucky that quite a few of our guys play in T20 leagues in various places. I think we’ve got the best spin attack in the world. We will be asking questions of any team we play, especially if there is a little bit of turn available,” he added.
Along with India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the other two qualifying teams, Afghanistan are in the second group of T20 World Cup 2021. They will begin their campaign against one of the qualifying teams on October 25.
