"Whoever is in charge they need to step it up and we need to play some cricket", Ali Khan urges the USA cricket

Fast bowler Ali Khan spoke about the preparations the USA cricket team requires ahead of the T20 World Cup. While speaking at an ICC promotional event in Dallas to mark the 100-day countdown to the T20 World Cup, Ali Khan asked the USA Cricket governing body to pick the best possible squad for the coveted event.

Ali Khan on USA’s training for T20 WC

Ali Khan informed that he has been doing personal training, but the team has not played much cricket in recent times. He urged the governing body therefore to step up for the team ahead of the World Cup.

“It’s been a while since USA cricket has played any series. So individually I have been doing my own training and I’ve just came back from ILT20. So I have been in good rhythm bowling well. We still have few months to get the guys together get the team together. We don’t have much time I think. Whoever is in charge they need to step it up and we need to play some cricket and play as a team because the team has to gel together because I’m sure there will be some new faces in the team as well.”

He added, “So yeah, they need to do some camps, they need to play against some quality oppositions. You have to play someone better than you, especially leading into the World Cup. If you want to get good results. You need to have a good preparation behind it, and we don’t have much time left and I think we need to we need to start playing some good cricket.”

Ali Khan wants selectors to pick best players

USA were last seen playing a T20I in July 2022. In the meanwhile, their associate counterparts Nepal, Canada, UAE, Netherlands and Scotland played more than 15 T20Is each by February 2024. No wonder, Ali Khan, the prominent name of the USA cricket is worried about the team’s preparation with less than 100 days left for the World Cup.

He further added, “If you are competing in an event like a cricket world cup, you have to bring your best players because you’re gonna be pitched against the best of players from around the world. So it’s a good thing that I am not a selector (laughs). It’s the selectors’ job to pick the best team and I’m sure they’ll do a great job picking the best 15.”