Rashid Khan on Vaibhav SooryavanshiRashid Khan has been around the India-Afghanistan rivalry long enough to have seen the balance shift. Afghanistan are no longer the side simply hoping to push the bigger teams; there is now a belief within the group that they can beat them.

That belief, though, comes with some unfinished work. com to discuss where Afghanistan still needs to improve, pointing to the powerplay with both bat and ball and the need to develop the mentality to score big.

Rashid has also watched India's young players from close quarters. He spent time with Abhishek Sharma at Sunrisers Hyderabad and has witnessed the phenom of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, two players he believes have the skills to go a long way in the game.

He explains what makes the pair different and why Sooryavanshi, in particular, has caught his eye at such a young age. For Afghanistan, Rashid sees plenty of talent coming through.

Noor Ahmad has already been making an impact, while fast bowler Abdollah Ahmadzai is another name he believes could have a big future. Excerpts: Rashid, results aside, what do you think Afghanistan can take away from this series against India?

And when you look at the two teams, where do you see the biggest difference at the moment? I think there are a lot of things we can take from this series.

The learning is about how we are going to use the powerplay as a batting unit and what are the areas we need to improve. We see the opposition, how they are scoring runs, and how we are going to manage ourselves to score big runs under any condition, in any situation, and against any bowler.

So, it is good learning for the youngsters who have been a part of the team for the first time, and for them, it is a good opportunity to learn from it. But I think if you look at the wickets in Delhi, you always see high-scoring games, and to have that mentality of scoring big is something that is so important.

So I think we still have to do a lot of hard work in our batting department. Where we can score those big runs, plus as a bowling unit, we need to find solutions for how we are going to bowl in the powerplay.

I think that is so important. If you are giving more than 70-80 runs in the powerplay, it doesn't matter if you are defending 200 or 230.

So I think as a team, collectively we have to find the solution for this, and these are the things we take it from here and work on in the future. You have played against many Indian sides, and you have seen different versions of this Indian T20I side as well.