Afghanistan cricket team coach Kabir Khan on Sunday said that India despite being an influential cricket power in South Asia has done little to help Afghanistan move up the international ladder.
Afghanistan's cricketers began a four-week training camp in Pakistan on Thursday as their coach set the minnows' sights firmly on qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.
Minnows Afghanistan go into their World Twenty20 clash against reigning champions England on Friday night with their morale boosted by a pep talk from two former greats of the game.
Afghanistan's cricketers have become the unlikely flag-bearers for the minnow nations at the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka with an eye-catching, fearless display in their opening game against India.
Afghanistan coach Kabir Khan has credited his team's respectable performance against India in the World Twenty20 opener here to the players who "stuck by each other during difficult times."
There are a lot of problems in this world today. Complexities, fighting and injustice is almost everywhere. The solution for all these problems is cricket – Taj Malik, Former Afghanistan Coach in the movie 'Out of the Ashes’.