‘Patience is one of the biggest things that Afghanan players need to learn’: Dale Steyn on how AFG can win an ICC tournament | Cricket News

Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn said that Afghanan can go on to win a limited-overs ICC tournament in the next decade provided they learn to play in a patient manner. In recent years, Afghanan have been a force to be reckoned with in ICC tournaments, upsetting the more established team with their recent win against England in the Champions Trophy a prime example of their skills.
They had almost reached the knockouts in the 2023 ODI World Cup, defeating former champions England, Sri Lanka and Pakan while they were the semifinals at last year’s T20 World Cup, where they knocked out Australia.
“We live in a time now where people are not patient enough. We can hardly watch two seconds on an Instagram story and it just feels like the Afghanan players are similar when they’re playing their cricket,” Steyn said on ESPNCricinfo.
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“Patience is one of the biggest things that Afghanan players need to learn, and once they get that down, honestly, in the next decade, they could win ICC tournaments, for sure. They want things to happen so quickly. This ball must be a wicket, there’s no patience to building up and taking a wicket. The batters are the same sometimes, they’re batting in the first over. There’s so much movement happening in the crease, so they’re trying to hit a six and they’re trying to get the game going,” Steyn noted.

Afghanan are almost out of the Champions Trophy after their match against Australia was washed out on Friday. Even though they defeated England to stay alive, their heavy loss to South Africa in their first match has come back to haunt them. Now, they are looking towards England to defeat South Africa at least 200 runs which seems like a dant dream.