Head coach Jonathan Trott feels despite losing against India at the World Cup, the match worked as a confidence booster for Afghanistan, who have started believing they can also win and dominate games.

Enjoying their best-ever performance, Afghanistan have registered comprehensive wins of over three former champions—England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka—and the Netherlands to keep alive their semi-final hopes. “I think we saw a bit of form coming into the side against India. Obviously, we lost the game, but then ,that gave us a bit of confidence,” Trott said after Afghanistan’s seven-wicket win over the Netherlands here on Friday.