Afghanistan entered the T20 World Cup as one of the dark horses poised to cause an upset and put their fearless brand of cricket on show, according to their former coach Stuart Law.
The 2010 debutants have reached the Super Eight stage in each of the last three editions of the tournament – steady progress from the first-round exits in their first three attempts.
Law believes Afghanistan are not far from reaching the knockouts and it could happen this time.
“I love the way they play their cricket. There’s no fear in the way they go about it,” Law, who is now in charge of the USA team, told Al Jazeera.
“They are always aggressive, always attacking. I haven’t seen too many defensive players and the defensive players don’t seem to be thrust into the main team a lot.
“So they are very positive the way they go about it.”
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