Khurram Khan believes UAE’s potential should be judged after the 2015 World Cup and not on the basis of their World Twenty20 display.
The UAE captain insists his team will be better prepared for the event in Australia and New Zealand next year unlike the World Twenty20 where they had just two months to set things in order.
Khan's side had only begun their training and preparations for the World Twenty20 after qualifying for the 2015 World Cup in February and their lack of fitness showed as they suffered three consecutive defeats in Bangldesh.
In particular it was the fielding department which let the UAE side down, playing a huge part in the defeats to Netherlands, Ireland and Zimbabwe.
Khan, who returned to the UAE with the national team on Saturday, feels there should be no excuses for lack of preparation for the 2015 World Cup.
“I think yes,” said Khan, when asked if UAE should be judged at the 2015 event. “We may have to play a lot more matches between now and then which will keep us in good stead.
“In the T20 tournament we could see what departments we were lacking in. Obviously, fitness was one (area) and if you look at the matches we really didn’t manage to finish some of the games. Having said that there are nine months and we start training tomorrow which is enough time to improve.”
With former Under-19 players Rohit Singh and Moaaz Qazi in the T20 squad, Khan believes more youngsters could be called up to the senior side in the future.
“There are a lot of youngsters who could be ready to come in and I think the future is bright for UAE,” he added.
