News Desk
\nTAUNTON
\nAfghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib feels his team isn\u2019t demoralized and says that one good game can turn around things for them, despite sitting at the bottom of the table in World Cup.
\nAfghanistan lost to New Zealand by seven wickets in Taunton on Saturday, the team\u2019s third consecutive defeat in the World Cup. \u201cWe lost three games. But the morale is still high of the boys. We need a good match\u2014 one good match, to change things for us,\u201d Naib said.
\nSpeaking about the game against the Kiwis, Naib said after a good start with the bat, his team should survive for 50 overs. Afghanistan were all out in 41.1 overs with only 172 runs on board. New Zealand chased the target comfortably for the loss of three wickets in 33rd over.
\n\u201cObviously we played some bad shots. In this type of cricket, you need to play complete 50 overs. Maybe playing the complete quota of overs would have helped us post a decent total,\u201d he said.
\nIn the two games in which Afghanistan have batted first in the tournament, they have been bowled out in 38.2 and 41.1 overs, while they also failed to chase down 187 in another.
\n\u201cThe most important thing on the batting side is playing your 50 overs and putting a good total on the board,\u201d he added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News Desk TAUNTON Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib feels his team isn\u2019t demoralized and says that one good game can turn around things for them, despite sitting at the bottom of the table in World Cup. Afghanistan lost to New Zealand by seven wickets in Taunton on Saturday, the team\u2019s third consecutive defeat in the World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n