New Delhi: Australia are willing to regard their loss to Afghanistan as a “one-off” incident and have promsied to be at their best in their must-win Suoer Eights clash against India.
Australia slumped to a 21-run loss to Afghanistan for their first loss against them, getting bowled out for 127 in 19.2 over in chase of a 149-run target.
It has left them with the need to beat India with a healthy run rate to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament.
“It’s a big game, it will be against India obviously and it’s a must-win game. I think if you look back at the short history of this team, I know for a fact that it brings out the best in our guys. So, the boys will certainly be up and about for it,” Marsh said after their loss.
“Yeah, I think that’s really clear for us. It’s all about trusting ourselves. We’ve got a good bunch of people and I believe our best is up there with the best. So, we need to bring that in a couple of days’ time and move forward pretty quickly.”
Afghanistan had lost all their previous games against the Aussies, including four ODIs but Gulabdin Naib’s career best 4/20 skittled them out in the run chase.
“First things first, recover. We have a lot of belief in our group. We are a very good cricket team. Yes, tonight we had an off night but I guess there’s also a positive in the fact that in 36 hours we go again.”
Marsh said Afghanistan proved they are a dangerous side that had improved by leaps and bounds.
“I thought Afghanistan were really good and they outplayed us and they deserved to win that game,” the right-hander added.
“There’s a lot of things you can look at, the reality is there’re small margins here. When the scores are low, we had an off-one in the field. But yeah, got to give credit where credit is due and Afghanistan was pretty good.”
“Obviously, they’re a good side. And they’re not an Associate nation, they’re a very good cricket team who play against the best all the time and they have improved a hell of a lot over the last few years.
“We know certainly in these conditions that they are a big danger team. Like I said before, they outplayed us tonight and credit to them.”
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