News Williamson: 'Afghanistan have one of the better bowling attacks in the T20 World Cup' The New Zealand T20I captain feels Afghanistan are a "highly skilled team" with a number of threats ESPNcricinfo staff 07-Jun-2024 • 38 mins ago Kane Williamson thinks a 20-team World Cup will give good exposure to more teams • AFP/Getty Images New Zealand will finally get their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign underway when they take on Afghanistan in Providence on Friday night, and their captain Kane Williamson is acutely aware of the threat their first opponents pose. Afghanistan possess one of the better bowling attacks in the World Cup, and they are getting better with more experience at the top level, according to Williamson. "Certainly a number of players in their side," Williamson told reporters when asked if there's anyone in the Afghanistan team they have kept their eyes on.
"I mean, all of the players, to be honest, they have such a skillful team, one of the better bowling attacks, I think, in the competition. "And we've seen that in franchise competitions, the involvement, the number of Afghani players. And they're getting better and better," Williamson said.
"They're getting more and more top-level cricket. And we saw at the last World Cup how strong they were in the ODI format too. So, a really highly skilled team and a number of threats.
" One of those threats is their star legspinner Rashid Khan, who Williamson has had the experience of playing with in the IPL - first for .
