London: Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib praised his bowlers despite a World Cup defeat against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday. At one point in the match, Sri Lanka's score was 144 runs at one wicket, but the Afghanistan bowlers made a comeback and dropped eight wickets of the opposition team to reach the total of 180.
According to the information, Naib said after the contest, "at the start of the day, the bowlers did not bowl in the right area. Our start was not good and the opposition team scored very fast in the first 10 envelopers, but Nabi bowled well. The wicket was not easy for the batsmen, and so we told the bowlers to cook the ball loudly on the pitch. Our bowlers made a comeback in the middle overs.
When it comes to the competition, the entire Sri Lankan team was reduced to 201 runs. However, on the bowlers, he had a match-name with 34 runs. Based on the Duckworth-Lewis rule, Afghanistan had a target of 187 runs, but its batting failed. With this, Naib said, "We have to improve our batting. We have to build more partnerships during the match. "Sri Lanka's next match will be against Pakistan while Afghanistan team to clash with New Zealand.
