Cricket World Cup 2023 - "It Inspires Another Generation Of Players": Afghanistan Coach Jonathan Trott On Win Over Pakistan

The historic victory against Pakistan in the World Cup will inspire the next generation of Afghans to take up cricket, feels Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott. Afghanistan notched up a memorable first-ever ODI win over Pakistan, prevailing by eight wickets, a little over a week after they stunned defending champions England. "I think it just shows the amount of talent in the side for the country again, as when we were fortunate enough to beat England," Trott said at the post match press conference on Monday.

"It inspires another generation of players to pick up a cricket bat and a cricket ball, work on their fielding and their fitness." Afghanistan had come close to beating Pakistan a few times recently but never managed to cross the line.

"It doesn't take a lot to see the passion and the rivalry between them. I'm just glad today we were in the game again, and we managed to get across the line." "Hopefully, will now have that self-belief that we can go on and trust our games and be very confident for the games coming forward." The 42-year-old, however, refused to call the wins against the two former champions "upsets".

"Not sure I'd say upset if I'm honest. I think it's a disservice to the guys in the changing room. I think maybe you'd say, when we go into a side, you say underdogs or whatever, but it's not an upset." "We played well, these guys work hard, and they deserve to win. If we play good cricket. And for me, I think we've just got to make sure we keep playing good cricket and not get too far ahead of ourselves." The win against Pakistan has elevated Afghanistan, who were languishing at the bottom, to sixth on the points table. Trott feels that there is still room for improvement.

"We need to be more consistent in