‘Historic Day For Afghanistan’ Says Afghanistan Skipper Asghar Afghan

Dehradun: Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan is elated after his side’s maiden Test win and has described the victory as ‘special’ for his nation and countrymen. Playing their second Test, the war-torn nation witnessed some all-round effort to register a comfortable seven-wicket win over Ireland on Monday, on the fourth day of the match. Speaking at the post-match presentation, Asghar Afghan said: “Happy that we won. Really happy for my team, people and the cricket board. Before we used to play two-day, three-day cricket and now we are playing the longer format and getting to play Test cricket.”

“It’s a special feeling. I want to congratulate all the lads in the team, they have been absolutely brilliant. We have got a few games before the World Cup and we want to make every opportunity count,” he said. IANS

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