Asia Cup 2023: Afghan captain out of Asia Cup at the hands of Sri Lanka expressed pain, apologized to fans

In the Asia Cup 2023, a very close match was played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan on Tuesday. In this match, the Afghan team not only had to face defeat by just two runs but its dream of reaching the Super-4 of the Asia Cup was also shattered. In this match played in Lahore, the Afghan batsmen gave their all, but ultimately they had to face defeat. Now Afghanistan team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has reacted after being out of the tournament. Shahidi said that despite losing by just two runs, he was proud of his players. He gave his 100 percent.

Afghan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said he was very disappointed. We gave a good challenge to Sri Lanka. All the players gave their 100 percent contribution. The way our team performed. I'm proud of that. I believe that we have played good cricket in ODI cricket for the last two years.

Hashmatullah Shahidi further said that we are still learning a lot. We have learned a lot of positive things in the Asia Cup this time. We are now close to the ICC Cricket World Cup. Whatever we have done wrong in this tournament, we will learn from it and perform better in the World Cup. During this, he also thanked the audience for their support. Along with this, he also apologized to the fans of the team for not being able to win.

Sri Lanka has achieved a very exciting victory in this match. Regarding this victory, Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka said that it was a very difficult match. It was difficult to save this score. Seeing the way Nabi played a brilliant inning, it seemed that the match was almost lost to us, but in the end, we won.