Afghanistan coach Inzamam-ul-Haq unhappy with Asghar Stanikzai walk-out

On eve of Afghanistan’s World T20 clash against South Africa, there was a confrontation between coach Inzamam-ul-Haq and skipper Asghar Stanikzai on the sidelines of the practice session. As Inzi was giving catching practice to his team, Stanikzai reacted late to one of the catches and hurt his finger. He decided to rest his finger a bit and take a rest from the rest of the session. The coach then up to his captain to enquire about the seriousness of the injury, but what followed left him shocked.

Stanikzai, without talking to either of the two coaches Inzamam and Manoj Prabhakar, headed to a chair behind the nets. The catching session was brought to a close by the angry Inzi, and the team headed to the nets for batting practice.

Later, as Stanikzai watched on from his chair, Inzamam went up to him and gave him a long lecture, presumably on the need to not walk out of practice sessions. How the incident affects Afghanistan or Stanikzai’s performance will be evident on Sunday. Immediately before the practice session, however, Stanikzai had praised the influence of Inzamam and Manoj Prabhakar on the Afghan team.

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He said, “After Inzamam and Prabhakar joined us, we have improved. They have international experience as they have played at the highest level. So they are sharing their experience with us and the boys are improving day by day,” he said adding, “As long as we play with full members, we are getting experience. We can identify all those weak areas where we need to improve.” He further said, “We have qualified from the first round beating Zimbabwe, Hong Kong and Scotland. Currently our team is doing very good and we have constantly improved.”