Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott said on Sunday that his team are looking forward to renewing a \u201cpassionate\u201d rivalry with Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2023 which has often reflected the stormy political relationship between the two neighbours. Both sides will clash on Monday and are in desperate need of a win at the ICC World Cup 2023. Pakistan have lost their last two games after a pair of opening wins. Afghanistan pulled off a shock victory over defending champions England but have also slumped to three defeats. At the 2019 World Cup match in Leeds, which Pakistan won by three wickets, riots between the two sets of fans erupted outside the stadium. Afghanistan fast bowler Fareed Malik and Pakistan batsman Asif Ali almost came to blows in a Twenty20 game at Sharjah last year. \u201cI think for them (Afghanistan players) it\u2019s a rivalry that excites them,\u201d said Trott on Sunday. \u201cI think it\u2019s a rivalry that sometimes in the past has been very passionate. \u201cWe\u2019ve had very close games as well. Hopefully, tomorrow isn\u2019t very exciting and we win by a lot. It\u2019s just the nature of the rivalry, I should say.\u201d He added: \u201cBoth teams, I think, respect each other, but are very desperate to win.\u201d Trott said he wasn\u2019t aware that Pakistan had unsuccessfully demanded the International Cricket Council switch Sunday\u2019s game to another venue. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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