Despite losing six wickets to Bangladesh for 62 runs in 18 overs which saw Afghanistan batting crumble in their tournament opener, their skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi was not very worried of facing India's spin trio in their second World Cup game today at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

"You know, we play better spin in the nets sessions," Hashmatullah Shahidi, said when asked what the conversation has been around playing a spin trio even better than the Bangladesh spinners.

Afghanistan batters had a poor outing against Bangladesh and the skipper believes that they did not play up to their abilities in the first game against Bangladesh.

"If you see Rashid [Khan], Nabi [Mohammad], Noor [Ahmad] and Mujeeb [Ur Rahman], we play them every day," Shahidi said. "I think our team is far, far better [than what it showed against Bangladesh in Dharamsala] at playing spin bowling. That game we know we struggled, but [based on] one game, you can't say you're not good enough. That game is gone now, and we know we can play spinners better and we'll try to come back in next game."

From 112/2 to, Afghanistan slid down to 156 all out, and lost the game against the Tigers by six wickets. Both India and Afghanistan will be looking to improve on their batting performances despite the fact that India's win over Australia in their World Cup opener was pretty comfortable in the end.
Rashid Khan went wicketless in the Bangladesh game but his knowledge of Indian conditions would be key for the Afghan side. Shahidi however felt just one department cannot win games for the team.

"We have a good spin-bowling attack, but only one department can't win you games," he said.

"You have to score runs for that, to win the game. I still believe, and as a team we have that belief, that we can come back in the next game and throughout the tournament, so the belief is there and the talent is there and we will try to move on and make it better and improve in tomorrow's game," he concluded.