AFGHANISTAN CAPTAIN, ASGHAR AFGHAN
“It is really a proud moment for me and my team, because we have played super cricket in this Asia Cup, winning the first two games in the first round and then qualifying for the Super 4. Here we finished two close games and we were unlucky we couldn’t finish with a win in the last two matches. But the way we have finished today I think I am feeling proud and the credit goes to the players for the way they have played in the entire tournament. It shows the consistency and commitment of our performance that we have shown in this tournament. I am very happy and satisfied, it is also an important moment in history for Afghanistan because we have never played like this in the Asia Cup before. We were unlucky not to qualify for the final, but we hope we will do that next time”
INDIA PLAYER, K L RAHUL
“In the last two years we have seen the remarkable improvement Afghanistan has made as a team. We have seen the likes of Rasheed Khan, Mujeeb, and Nabi. All these guys have been playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and are still performing around the world in different franchises, playing franchisee cricket. Overall as a team Afghanistan are no walkovers, they are really competitive One Day and T20I side, and they keep proving it over and over again. The way they played today, it was very exciting as a cricket game, and you want to be part of such games where you want to compete till the end. If the result had gone in our favour it would have been good, nonetheless I am still happy to play a game like this.”