June 9 (CRICKETNMORE) - Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai backed his spin bowlers ahead of the team's maiden Test, against India in Bangalore next week, saying that Rashid Khan and the rest were better than the Indian spinners.

“The whole world knows that (we have very good spinners in) Rashid Khan, Mujeeb, Nabi, Rahmat (Shah) and Zahir,” Stanikzai pointed out in a chat with ESPNcricinfo.

“In Afghanistan, the brilliant thing is that a lot of the young talent that is coming through are spinners, because they all follow Rashid, they follow Nabi, so because of that our spin department is very strong from below. In my opinion, we have good spinners, better spinners than India, Stanikzai said.

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