{"id":177510,"date":"2026-06-06T10:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177510"},"modified":"2026-06-06T10:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:36:57","slug":"theyre-professionals-they-have-got-to-catch-the-ball-afghanistan-head-coach-pybuss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177510","title":{"rendered":"They\u2019re professionals, they have got to catch the ball: Afghanistan head coach Pybuss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71070069\">Afghanistan head coach Richard Pybus lamented the dropped chances by his team which allowed India to pile on 368 runs on the first day of their one-off Test in New Chandigarh.<\/p>\n<p>Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was dropped on 11 at gully, did not do much to make Afghanistan regret. However, Afghanistan did not review a decision where K.L. Rahul had nicked off Ziaur Rahman Sharifi, and the opener struck a century.<\/p>\n<p>B. Sai Sudharsan was handed two reprieves, on 20 and 59, off Nangeyalia Kharote and Sharifi, respectively, and ended up scoring 81.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ<\/b>  |          <b><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ind-vs-afg-1st-test-day-1-rahul-gill-hundreds\/article71069693.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul, Gill hundreds put India in dominant position after opening day<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll unpack the day to look at what we did well and what we didn\u2019t do so well. I think it\u2019s really important we don\u2019t have an excuse culture at the end of the day. They\u2019re professional cricketers, they have got to catch the ball. We\u2019ve got to perform under pressure. I don\u2019t want to make excuses for the guys. Were we sharp enough? No, we weren\u2019t. We\u2019ve got to take those opportunities. It\u2019s the beginning of the season for the Afghan boys, so there\u2019s definitely a bit of rust in us there,\u201d Pybus said after the first day\u2019s play.<\/p>\n<p>Pybus added that the leg injury to Sharafuddin Ashraf that forced him off the field in the 34th over left his bowling unit short-handed to deal with the heavyweight-packed Indian batting order.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of the left-arm orthodox bowler, Afghanistan\u2019s spin department was left with debutant Nangeyalia Kharote and Abdul Malik. The former conceded 95 runs off just 20 overs while the latter leaked 37 in just six.<\/p>\n<p>Defending the call to not include leg-spinner Qais Ahmed, Pybus said: \u201cI think we were reasonably confident that we were well covered. If you give a guy a debut, there\u2019s always going to be pressure on the young bowler. He\u2019s going to have to take his learning out of that. We were really looking at having three spinners operating. It didn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought that [Kharote] showed a lot of character because there would have been some youngsters who would have really struggled to come back. With Malik, I think maybe the captain was a little bit worried after he bowled a couple of no balls. I think he backed himself then. Going one main spinner down really put pressure on us,\u201d Pybus added.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was something to cheer for too for the visiting side. In the opening session of the day, Sharifi, Azmatullah Omarzai and Saleem Safi exploited the moisture in the pitch to keep India\u2019s opening salvo in check.<\/p>\n<p>India ended the opening session at 98 for one, and it could have been much better had Afghanistan grabbed the opportunities. However, Pybus felt his quicks could have been even better with their choices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the seam bowlers, I thought they stuck at it really well\u2026 The conditions were pretty extreme today. You\u2019ve got to look after your bowlers. It\u2019s a real exercise for them to understand the type of discipline and channels they need to be bowling against the best players. The best bowlers in the world can hold channels and hold length for really long periods of time. They\u2019re not necessarily taking wickets with magic balls; they\u2019re taking wickets with consistent pressure. That\u2019s the learning curve for some of our guys today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 06, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/incoming\/richard-pybus-afghanistan-coach-missed-catches-india-test\/article71070069.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan head coach Richard Pybus lamented the dropped chances by his team which allowed India to pile on 368 runs on the first day of their one-off Test in New Chandigarh. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was dropped on 11 at gully, did not do much to make Afghanistan regret. However, Afghanistan did not review a decision &#8230; <a title=\"They\u2019re professionals, they have got to catch the ball: Afghanistan head coach Pybuss\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177510\" aria-label=\"Read more about They\u2019re professionals, they have got to catch the ball: Afghanistan head coach Pybuss\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/India_Afghanistan_Cricket_22261.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177459,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177459","url_meta":{"origin":177510,"position":0},"title":"IND vs AFG Test: Rahul, Gill hundreds put India in dominant position after opening day","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In the prickling summer heat of New Chandigarh, it was the Indian batters who sapped the most out of the Afghanistan bowlers, taking their team to 368 for three at the end of day one in the one-off Test at the New PCA Stadium on Saturday. 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