‘There’s a lot of emotions, a lot of passion’ – Jonathan Trott on Afghanistan beating Pakistan in ODI World Cup 2023

Afghanistan cricket team recently made history as they defeated Pakistan and England in recent encounters in the ODI World Cup 2023. Afghanistan defeated the neighbours on 23 October at the M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai by eight wickets. The Afghanistan team captain Ibrahim Zadran became the highest scorer of the match as he scored 87 runs off 113 deliveries. 

The team’s head coach Jonathan Trott recently addressed the Afghanistan squad in the dressing room and appreciated the players for their magnificent victory over Pakistan. Afghanistan will play their next match against Sri Lanka on 30th October at The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. 

Jonathan Trott motivates Afghanistan squad in the dressing room after beating Pakistan

“There’s a lot of emotions, a lot of passion. That’s great. Let’s just make sure we enjoy tonight. Make sure we look after each other. Let’s make sure we enjoy this. Let’s take the confidence from this. Enjoy tonight. I think Nabi. 10 of us for 31. Well, done. Noor, first World Cup game three wickets, well done,” said Jonathan Trott. 

“Our batters, I thought the way that we started, Ibrahim and Gurbaz I thought that was outstanding. That’s world-class batting. You guys played cricket shots. That’s what we’ve got. We’ve got a lot of talent. If we just apply ourselves in the way that Rahmat and the skipper played”, he said. 

“Yeah. there are things to work on. And if we can get those sorts of little things right, that will help us win games like this more often and more consistently. But let’s make sure we take this confidence and this belief in this change room now and the happiness and we apply to every time we train and every match we play from here on it. Very excited for you boys. I’m very happy, very excited. Very proud,” added Jonathan Trott.