ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2021

November 6, 2021

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Sheikh Zayed Stadium

Afghanistan

Pre Match Media Conference

Q. Given the path of the Afghanistan team in terms of the bowl is spin-heavy, do you think the team requires a bit of help from the conditions to get over the line when playing against bigger teams? And how are you expecting the conditions in the pitch going to be in tomorrow's game?

HASHMATULLAH SHAHIDI: If you see, our spinners are really good, like especially in these conditions, Dubai. We have played a lot of cricket here and we have the benefits. But against the big teams we should play good batting. Also the batsmen should take responsibility to play well against them.

And about tomorrow's pitch, I can't say anything because I don't know about the pitch. I didn't see it. We'll see before the game tomorrow how the pitch will be.

Q. Tomorrow not only your fate but also India's fate depends on it. And a lot of billions of Indians are supporting you. And support messages are pouring into social media and supporting you all. How is the mood in the camp? How are you looking at it? And my question is, would Mujeeb play for tomorrow's game?

HASHMATULLAH SHAHIDI: About Mujeeb, I'm not sure because this is the responsibility of team physio. And they're in touch with him.

And about the team campaign, we only focus on ourselves, our team. Our main focus is how we qualify for semifinals. So we will go with that. And our focus is only on us. So we'll do our best to qualify for the semifinal.