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1069 days ago

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ICC T20 World Cup 2022: List Of Afghanistan Squad

Here is the list of ICC t20 world cup squad list for Afghanistan.## Afghanistan cricket board announced the squad for the men's t20 World Cup which will be played in Australia. Mohammad Nabi will lead the team in the world cup. ## Check out the full list below## 1. Mohammad Nabi (c)## 2. Najibullah Zadran (vc)## 3. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)## 4. Azmatullah Omarzai## 5. Darwish Rasooli## 6. Farid Ahmad Malik## 7. Fazal Haq Farooqi## 8. Hazratullah Zazai## 9. Ibrahim Zadran## 10. Mujeeb ur Rahman## 11. Naveen ul Haq## 12. Qais Ahmad## 13. Rashid Khan## 14. Salim Safi## 15. Usman Ghani## Stay Tuned ##

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2528 days ago

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All-Round Afghanistan Knock Sri Lanka Out Of Asia Cup

Sri Lanka suffered from another similar batting collapse in a must-win match against Afghanistan and knocked themselves out of the Asia Cup 2018 on Monday 17 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi after losing by 91-runs .## The five-time champion lost to Bangladesh in the opening match of this Asia Cup and therefore, this was the must-win match for them to keep their hope alive. But they failed to chase down the target of 250 and bundled out on just 158 in 41.2 over to handed Afghanistan a memorable win.## Afghanistan had won the toss and opted to bat first. Sri Lanka made three changes from their last match and included Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, and Shehan Jayasuriya in place for Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, and Amila Aponso.## Afghanistan started well as both Mohammed Shahzad (34 off 47) and Ihsanullah (45 off 65) added 57 for the first wicket. Both dismissed to Akila Dananjaya. But their leading run scorer of 2018, Rahmat Shah played a brilliant knock of 72 off 90 balls. His partnership worth 80-runs with Hashmatullah Shahidi (37 off 52) helped Afghanistan to reach 249 in 50 overs. It was a good effort by them knowing that they were 110 for 3 after 26 overs.## Sri Lanka did bowl well and restricted them on that total. Thisara Perera was the pick of the bowlers with 5 for 55 in 9 overs. Akila Dananjaya supported him well with 2 for 39 in 10 overs. Malinga, Chameera, and Jayasuriya all three took a wicket each.## Chasing 250, Sri Lanka were needed a good start but the 17-year old Mujeeb Ur Rahman dismissed Kusal Mendis on the just second ball of the inning without troubling the scorecard. However, Dhananjaya de Silva (23) and Upul Tharanga (36) tried to build a partnership but misunderstanding between the wicket ran de Silva out after adding 54 for the second wicket.## After losing de Silva, Sri Lanka could never build any big partnership further and kept losing a wicket at the regular interval. Kusal Perera (17), skipper Angelo Mathews (22), Jayasuriya (14), Thisara Perera (28) all got the start but could not save Sri Lanka from losing the match.## Afghanistan's bowling once again was brilliant. Mujeeb, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammed Nabi, and Rashid Khan all took two wickets each. Rashid Khan and Nabi were excellent in the middle overs and kept the pressure on Lankans. This was Afghanistan's first win over Sri Lanka in Asia Cup.## Rahmat Shah awarded Man Of The Match for his brilliant knock of 72 runs. After Sri Lanka lost, Bangladesh and Afghanistan became the first two teams to enter in super four.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2574 days ago

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Best ODI XI At Present

Cricket has changed a lot since the start of this decade especially the one-day format. With batsmen have become a bit more innovative with their batting, bowlers found it difficult to deal with their bowling. It could be said that batsmen are dominating the bowlers at the moment.## However, there are some batsmen who are way ahead than the rest of the others as they are more consistent with their performance. This could also be said same for the bowlers.## Here we are presenting you the best ODI team XI of present.## 1. ROHIT SHARMA (IND) - Rohit Sharma is perhaps the best opener at present. He is the only player in the world who has scored 3 double hundreds in the 50-over format. His highest score of 264 came against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 2016. He has played 183 ODIs so far in which he scores 6748 runs with an average of 44.99. Sharma has scored 18 centuries and 34 half-centuries to get those runs.## 2. FAKHAR ZAMAN (PAK) - Fakhar Zaman is still new in international cricket but he has shown enough talent to become one of the best batsmen in this format. He surpassed the great Viv Richards to become the quickest to reach a thousand runs (18 innings). He scored a famous hundred in final of the champions trophy against India that helped Pakistan to win their maiden CT title. He is also the only Pakistani player to score a double hundred in ODIs. He has played 18 ODIs so far and scores 1065 runs with an average of 76.07. He has scored 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries.## 3. VIRAT KOHLI (IND) - Virat Kohli is undoubtedly the best batsman in the world at present and currently the No.1 ODI batsman in ICC Rankings. His numbers in ODIs are unbelievable. When its come to chase, there is no better player than him in the history of the cricket. In 211 ODIs he has scored 9779 runs with an outstanding average of 58.21. Kohli has scored 35 hundred and 48 fifties. He is only behind the great Sachin Tendulkar (49) in terms of centuries.## 4. JOE ROOT (ENG) - Joe Root is England's best batsman and currently the No.2 in ICC ODI Rankings. He has played 116 ODIs and scores 4800 runs with an average of 51.61. He has scored 13 centuries (Most by any England's player) and 28 half-centuries.## 5. JOS BUTTLER (ENG) - Jos Buttler is currently the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world. In recent time, he has emerged as a match winner for England. In 117 ODIs, Buttler, has scored 3148 runs with an average of 40.36 and also scored 6 hundred and 18 fifties.## 6. MS Dhoni (IND, C & WK) - Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the best wicketkeeper in after Australia's Adam Gilchrist and one of the most successful captains in the world. Despite his poor form in recent times he is still one of the best batsmen of all time. He recently became the only 12th player to reach 10,000 runs in ODIs. He has now 10,046 runs in 321 matches with an average of 51.26. He is the only captain to win all three ICC Trophy (CT, T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup).## 7. SHAKIB AL HASAN (BNG) - Shakib Al Hasan is undoubtedly the best batsman Bangladesh has ever produced. He is currently the best all-rounder in the world and will be recognized as one of best all-rounders of all time. He has scored 5433 runs in 188 matches and grabbed 237 wickets while bowling.## 8. RASHID KHAN (AFG) - Rashid Khan emerged as the biggest superstar of Afghanistan. He is mysterious bowler as many batsmen found it difficult to pick his googly. The No.2 ODI bowler has played 43 matches an picked 100 wickets with an outstanding average of 14.4. His economy rate in ODIs is the best at present (3.96).## 9. JASPRIT BUMRAH (IND) - Jasprit Bumrah is considered as one of the finest bowlers in limited overs cricket. He is currently the No.1 bowler in ODIs. In 37 ODIs so far, he has escaped 64 wickets with 27/5 his best figures. He bowled with the excellent economy rate of 4.65 in 50-overs format.## 10. KAGISO RABADA (SA) - Kagiso Rabada is the best bowler in the world at the moment in across format. The 9th rank ODI bowler has played 50 matches so far and grabbed 80 wickets with the best figures of 16/6.## 11. HASAN ALI (PAK) - Pakistan has always produced great bowlers and Hasan Ali is the latest example of that. Despite being new in international cricket, he has shown great skill and temperament to trouble the batsmen. He has escaped 68 wickets with a brilliant average of 20.88 in 33 matches.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2582 days ago

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Sri Lanka And Bangladesh Fixture To Kickstart As Asia Cup 2018 Schedule Announced

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will face each other in the opening match on September 15 as the schedule of Asia Cup 2018 have been announced on Tuesday, July 24. The six-team tournament will be played in the United Arab Emirates.## The teams are divided into two groups. In group A, Afghanistan is paired with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and in group B, the defending champions India is paired with Pakistan and winner of the qualifiers.## India will play their opening match against the qualifier on September 18 before a much-awaiting clash against Arch-rivals Pakistan on very next day.## As per the new guidelines, the tournament will be played in the ODI format with the 50-over World Cup scheduled to be held next year. The previous tournament in Bangladesh in 2016 was played in the T20 format ahead of the T20 WC.## One team that will finish at the bottom of each group will be eliminated while rest of the teams will be playing against each other in the Super 4 stage. The two teams that finish at the top two in Super 4 stage will play in the final on September 28 in Dubai.## The qualifier tournament featuring Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Singapore and UAE will be held in India in September, with the winner joining the rest of the five teams in the main draw.## FULL SCHEDULE :## GROUP STAGE## Sep 15 Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh in Dubai## Sep 16 Pakistan vs Qualifier in Dubai## Sep 17 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi## Sep 18 India vs Qualifier in Dubai## Sep 19 India vs Pakistan in Dubai## Sep 20 Bangladesh vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi## SUPER 4## Sep 21 Group A Winner vs Group B Runner-up in Dubai## Sep 22 Group B Winner vs Group A Runner-up in Abu Dhabi## Sep 23 Group A Winner vs Group A Runner-up in Dubai## Sep 24 Group B Winner vs Group B Runner-up in Abu Dhabi## Sep 25 Group A Winner vs Group B Winner in Dubai## Sep 26 Group A Runner-up vs Group B Runner-up in Abu Dhabi## Final - September 28 in Dubai## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2630 days ago

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Afghanistan completes series whitewash over Bangladesh

Rashid Khan, the number one T20 bowler successfully defend 9 runs in the last over as Afghanistan completes series whitewash over Bangladesh to beat them by 1-run in the 3rd and final T20I at Rajiv Gandhi international cricket stadium, Dehradun, Uttrakhand on Thursday, June 7.## It was a close encounter where both teams had their chance. Mushfiqur Rahim tried hard to take Bangladesh over the line. When 30 runs were needed in 12 balls, Rahim collected 21 runs in 19th over of Karim Janat where he hit five back to back boundaries to him But his effort was overshadowed by Rashid's brilliance who defend 9 runs in last over thanks to Shafiquallah Shafiq's brilliant effort on long on boundary to stop a certain boundary. Bangladesh could manage only 7 runs in last over and lost the match by a narrow margin of one run.## Earlier in this match, Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first. Mohammad Shahzad and Usman Ghani gave a good start by adding 55 runs for the first wicket. However, Bangladesh bounced back strongly to dismiss both the openers in back to back overs. After that Afghan's captain, Stanikzai and Shamiullah Shenwari did well to take Afghanistan to 145 after 20 overs. Shenwari remained unbeaten on 33 off 28 balls while Stanikzai scored 27 off 17 balls.## Nazmul Islam and skipper Shakib Al Hasan bowled well and finished their spell with 2/18 and 1/16 respectively. Abu Jayad also bowled decently well and picked 2 wickets for 27 runs in his 4 overs.## In reply of 146, Bangladesh lost 3 early wickets in the first 6 overs on 35 runs. They received a huge blow when Skakib also got out in 9th over after scoring 10 runs. They were reduced to 53 for 4 after 8.3 overs. However, Rahim and Mahmudullah brought back Bangladesh in the game and added 84 runs off 64 balls before Rashid dismissed Rahim on the first ball of the last over. He scored 46 off 37 balls. Mahmudullah tried hard but could win for Bangladesh as they fell just short to the target. He scored 45 off 38 balls before run out on the last ball.## Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Nabi, and Rashid Khan were the star again with the ball. Mujeeb conceded 25 runs in 4 overs and picked a wicket while Nabi and Rashid conceded 20 and 24 runs respectively in 4 overs each. Rashid also picked a wicket of Rahim.## Mushfiqur Rahim awarded Man Of The Match for his effort while Rashid received Man Of The Series for taking 8 wickets in 3 matches.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2632 days ago

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All-around Afghanistan seal series

Afghanistan put up another dominating show to beat Bangladesh by 6-wickets in 2nd T20 at Rajiv Gandhi International stadium, Dehradun on June 5 and sealed the series by 2-0 with one more game to play. ## It was nothing but another Rashid Khan special whose 4 for 12 restricted Bangladesh to 134 for 8 before Samiullah Shenwari's 49 and Mohammad Nabi's unbeaten 31 off 15 balls sealed the deal for Afghanistan with 7 balls to spare.## It was a do or die match for Bangladesh as they already had lost the first match. In a must-win game, Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and opted to bat first. Despite Tamim Iqbal's 43 off 48 balls, Afghanistan's spinners didn't allow them to free their hand. Bangladesh kept losing wickets at regular interval and therefore they could manage only 134 after 20 overs. Their few batsmen had started well but couldn't capitalize on big scores.## Rashid Khan again proved his worth and picked 4 wickets and conceded only 12 runs in 4 overs and awarded Man Of The Match in back to back games. He got a good company in Mohammad Nabi, who also bowled decently well and finished his spell with 4-0-19-2.## In reply, Mohammad Shahzad and Usman Ghani gave a good start to Afghanistan by adding 38 for the first wicket. However, Bangladesh kept things tight in the middle overs as Afghanistan could score only 56 in first 10 overs. When skipper Asghar Stanikzai got out, Afghanistan was 79 for 3 in 13.4 overs.## After wicket of Stanikzai, Mohammad Nabi came to the crease and blow pressure completely away with a blitzing cameo of 31 off 15 balls. When 20 runs were needed in 2 overs, it took only 5 balls for Nabi to get those runs. He hammered two sixes and two fours to Rubel Hossain in 19th over and finished the game with 7 balls to spare.## Nabi and Shenwari added 36 off 26 balls for the 4th wicket. Shenwari scored 49 off 41 balls and was the top scorer of this match. Mosaddek Hossain was the star bowler for Bangladesh. He conceded 21 runs in 3 overs and picked 2 wickets out of 4 were felled.## Third T20 will be played on 7th of June at the same venue. Bangladesh will look to gain some sort of respect while Afghanistan will want to whitewash their opponent.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2633 days ago

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I'm a leg spinner who bowls good wrong-uns - Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan is yet to be turning 20 but his maturity level no less than an experienced bowler. He has already become Afghanistan's biggest match-winner in his short career so far. In the shorter version of cricket, he is almost unplayable. He has a lot of variations in his bowling to make sure batsmen don't pick him easily.## Rashid Khan has already achieved the milestone by becoming fastest bowler to get 100 wickets in ODI. He took only 44 matches to reach that. While he became 2nd fastest to reach 50 wickets in T20I.## After making his mark in ODIs and T20s, Rashid Khan is gearing up for the historic moments as Afghanistan is going to play their first ever Test.## "I call myself a finger spinner. Sounds unusual but that's how I bowl," he tells you as you try to recover from the vicious wrong-one. He explains: "I don't use my wrist a lot in my bowling. I use my fingers as I deliver using the tip of my fingers. That helps me bowl quicker. I am a leg-spinner who bowls good wrong-uns." Rashid Khan is a self-taught bowler. She said that he was never taught by anyone how to bowl. However, he also things that situations will not same every time. There will be a time when he will go wicketless. But at the same time, that kind of situations will make him even stronger.## "Nobody taught me to bowl leg spin and the wrong-uns. I haven't watched and followed anyone in particular. I just observed Shahid Afridi and Anil Kumble. I don't remember the exact period but maybe it was five-six years ago. I still watch Kumble when I am free." Rashid gets emotional while talking about his family and country. He believes that his family had sacrificed a lot for his career. He hasn't seen his family since he went home after last year IPL.## "Last year when I went home after IPL, it was amazing. I really loved that moment when I entered my home and they started celebrating. Looking forward to some rest and hopefully, I can go home."## "My family is very supportive. I talk to them daily through social media. At least they are watching me and enjoying my game. This is just my initial stage. I need to focus on my cricket right now," he added.## Rashid's voice gets tad heavier while talking about his beloved country. He said,"I'm giving back my people my performing. It gives them Joy".## Rashid Khan will be a big threat for India along with Mujeeb Ur Rahman in one-off Test against them. On the other hand, it will historic day for Rashid and Afghanistan when they will play their first Test starting from June 14.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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2634 days ago

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Another feather in Rashid's hat

There is no stoppage in T20I for Rashid Khan. The Number One T20 bowler has become a serious match winner for Afghanistan. ## He added one more feather to his hat as he became second fastest bowler to reach 50 wickets after Sri Lanka's Ajanta Mendis. It took only 31 matches for him to reach 50 wickets.## "It was about keeping everything simple, what I've done in last two-three months. I don't have any specific plan. I keep it simple. Just to ball a little bit back of a length, not too full. I'm just enjoying myself, that is the key thing. It was a good surface, the ball was gripping, a little bit dew was there. We have just played IPL. That's is the biggest stage. If you perform well there, it gives the confidence," Rashid said after the match against Bangladesh.## Keep in mind, Rashid Khan was the star in Afghanistan's win over Bangladesh. His 3 for 13 in 3 overs help his side to beat Bangladesh by 45 runs and take a 1-0 lead in 3 matches series at Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium, Dehradun, Uttrakhand on Sunday, June 3. ## He was awarded Man Of The Match for his brilliant spell of spin bowling.## Rashid Khan also became second Afghanistan's Bowler to take 50-wickets in T20I after Mohammed Nabi, who achieved this feat against U.A.E. in 2016.## Here is the list of Top-Five quickest 50 wicket takers in T20I:## 1. Ajanta Mendis (SLC) - 26 Matches## 2. Rashid Khan (AFG/ICC) - 31 Matches## 3. Imran Tahir (SA) - 31 Matches## 4. Dale Steyn (SA) - 35 Matches## 5. Umar Gul (PAK) - 36 Matches## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.