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

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

Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn said that Afghanistan 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, Afghanistan 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 Pakistan while they were the semifinalists 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 Afghanistan players are similar when they’re playing their cricket,” Steyn said on ESPNCricinfo. Story continues below this ad “Patience is one of the biggest things that Afghanistan players need to learn, and once they get that down, honestly, in the next decade, they could …