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Champions Trophy: Afghanistan unfazed by boycott calls, claims skipper Shahidi

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21.02.2025

New Delhi: Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi insists his team can go all the way in the ICC Champions Trophy and try to ignore calls of boycott from other nations for how their women is treated by the ruling Taliban government.

Afghanistan begin their Group B campaign in the tournament against South Africa in Karachi and Shahidi said they have it in them to win on Friday.

“Between 2019 and now there’s too much difference and just recently we beat them (South Africa) in Sharjah – 2-1 – so we have that confidence with us and we are not under pressure anyway,” Shahidi said at a media on Thursday.

“Because right now we are focusing what we can do in this tournament and I believe that our team is more ready for this........

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