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  • Rashid Khan vs Babar Azam: Best match of the match to date

    Rashid Khan vs Babar Azam proved the very best match-up of the match to date. The wizard Khan held the higher hand all through, even noticed his man being dropped and reprieved by the DRS however obtained him off the ultimate ball of his spell.
    His second ball to Babar was a pointy googly that the batsman was rapped on the pad. The umpire gave it out however DRS saved Babar. The subsequent ball was one other googly, the primary of the second over, but once more rapped the pads however it was sliding down leg. Babar went for the slog sweep subsequent ball however dragged it off the inside edge. Both the batsman and the bowler had a chat and a smile. Rashid’s subsequent ball to Babar was a magnificence; it broke away so sharply from Babar who was surprised and poked it off the periphery simply large of the slip. The subsequent ball was so much slower and Babar mistimed the drive. As he walked away on the finish of his second over, Khan shut his eyes, hung his head, and grimaced.

    Babar Azam with one other stylish half-century 👏#T20WorldCup | #PAKvAFG | https://t.co/1VM4iAyNq4 pic.twitter.com/vmxaTQcOrx
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 29, 2021
    After a prolonged dialogue, Afghanistan determined to offer Khan the seventeenth over. Shoaib Malik walloped a leg break for a six and charged down the observe. Undeterred, Khan saved at it and almost had Babar on the fourth ball with a artful leg break however Naveen clanged a comparatively easy likelihood operating in from backward level.
    Then Babar did one thing very unusual, and uncharacteristic. It was the final ball of the over, the final ball of Rashid’s spell, however he went for a giant heave-ho. Was it the ego to show a degree? Was it the urge to interrupt Afghanistan’s spirits? Whatever it was, it was decidedly unwise. This time, Rashid went for the googly, and a tad slower at it, and Babar was by along with his slog-sweep and was bowled. Off ran Rashid on a celebratory run – he had troubled Babar almost each ball and obtained his man in the long run.

    Rashid Khan with one other one ☝️
    He bowls a magnificence to get by the gates of Babar Azam.
    He is gone for 51.#T20WorldCup | #PAKvAFG | https://t.co/1VM4iAyNq4 pic.twitter.com/SS01iDgTwg
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 29, 2021

  • Asif Ali, the brand new finisher on the town

    Once once more, Pakistan virtually stumbled on the finish. And as soon as once more, Asif Ali was there to take them dwelling.
    With 24 wanted off 12 the final deliveries, Asif hit sixes for enjoyable, smashing 4 of them within the nineteenth over by Karim Janat to settle the problem. An overzealous fan ran onto the bottom and fell on the batsman’s ft earlier than being nabbed by the safety personnel. In the stands, Pakistani supporters sang Asif’s title. With three wins on the bounce, Babar Azam’s workforce is now all however by to the semifinal. In their ‘nayya daur’, they’ve a brand new finisher.

    Asif did it in opposition to New Zealand as properly, taking Tim Southee to the cleaners. Here, he was underneath larger stress after a implausible 18th over from Naveen-ul-Haq that had simply two runs and Shoaib Malik’s wicket.
    The first ball of the nineteenth over from Janat was full, within the slot. Asif bought underneath the ball and despatched it over long-off. Then a sequence ensued. A dot ball was adopted by one other size supply at a army medium tempo. Asif cleared the deep mid-wicket boundary. Another dot ball got here earlier than back-to-back sixes took Pakistan to their victory goal of 148 with an over to spare. Asif has at all times been a six-hitting hero in home cricket. The T20 World Cup has been witnessing his progress on the worldwide degree.

    Pakistan’s sensational run continues 🔥#T20WorldCup | #PAKvAFG | https://t.co/1VM4iAyNq4 pic.twitter.com/oWSthyVsD7
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 29, 2021
    For three matches on the spin, Pakistan chased and their method was fairly comparable. Pakistani statistician Mazher Arshad put out a stat on Twitter: Against India, they required 100 off the final 12 overs. Against New Zealand, the equation was 96 off the final 12. Today, it was 99 off the final 12.
    There was a distinction although. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi had held his trump card again for the back-end of the innings and Rashid Khan bowled 4 of these final 12 overs. Once the leg-spinner got here into the assault, the sport modified.
    A flighted supply accounted for Mohammad Hafeez. Malik tried to take the assault to Afghanistan’s major bowler and hit him for a six. But Rashid responded with Babar’s wicket by a googly. After taking part in the position of an anchor and scoring 51 off 47 balls, the Pakistan captain fell prey to a poor shot. He really may have prevented that grasping heave, which all of the sudden put his workforce underneath the pump.
    Little transgressions apart, Pakistan have been taking part in on this event as a well-drilled, skilled unit, transferring on from particular person effort and showmanship. Never earlier than did a Pakistan workforce look so collective. Hunger for changing the singles into twos has been a welcome addition to their cricket, as additionally top-class fielding. Their batsmen ran like hare between the wickets. Their quick bowlers but once more went flat out.

    Babar Azam with one other elegant half-century 👏#T20WorldCup | #PAKvAFG | https://t.co/1VM4iAyNq4 pic.twitter.com/vmxaTQcOrx
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 29, 2021
    Afghanistan quite the opposite dropped a few catches to launch the stress.
    T20 cricket in its increase and bust selection may be very thrilling. Afghanistan, working excessive on ardour, batted that manner. Pakistan pacers went flat out. A Haris Rauf thunderbolt labored up the Speed Gun – 153kph. Afghanistan’s response to severe tempo was lusty hitting. They didn’t look bothered on the fall of wickets so long as their batsmen have been clearing the boundary.

    Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed Mohammad Shahzad. Rahmanullah Gurbaz walloped Imad Wasim over mid-wicket for a six. Asghar Afghan piled extra distress on the left-arm spinner with one other six and a 4. Haris got here and beat Afghan for tempo. Janat upper-cut the quick bowler over deep third man for a most.
    It felt like cricket was Afghanistan’s escape path to freedom. They moved in fourth gear all alongside, clutches of wickets however.
    The 71-run seventh-wicket partnership between Gulbadin Naib and Nabi was beautiful. Hasan Ali, who had earlier bowled a maiden, gave away 21 runs in his fourth over. Haris was accounted for 3 fours in his last over.

    💯 wickets in T20Is for Rashid Khan 🙌
    He will get the scalp of Hafeez, who’s gone for 10!#T20WorldCup | #PAKvAFG | https://t.co/1VM4iAyNq4 pic.twitter.com/VSOsYbDRz9
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 29, 2021
    Towards the tip of the Afghanistan innings, Pakistan gave the impression to be surrendering the momentum. A Pakistan workforce of its earlier classic might need let the downturn have an effect on their batting efficiency. The new Pakistan have embraced a profitable mentality.
    In his sensible seats, Shahid Afridi seemed comfortable.
    Brief scores: Afghanistan: 147/6 in 20 overs (M Nabi 35, G Naib 35; Imad Wasim 2/25) misplaced to Pakistan 148/5 in 19 overs (Babar Azam 51; Rashid Khan 2/25) by 5 wickets.

  • T20 WC: Clinical Afghanistan rout Scotland by 130 runs

    Afghanistan produced a dominating show of power-hitting earlier than Mujeeb Ur Rahman ripped aside the rival batting line-up along with his five-wicket haul because the strife-torn Asian nation routed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup, right here on Monday.
    Afghanistan first posted a difficult 190 for 4 after opting to bat after which bundled out Scotland for simply 60 runs in 10.2 overs to tug off an enormous win in Group 2.

    🔹 Afghanistan’s gung-ho batting 🏏🔹 Spin twins weave their magic ✨
    The speaking factors as Mohammad Nabi’s males start their #T20WorldCup 2021 marketing campaign in model 👇https://t.co/9jDxFcfclz
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 25, 2021
    Scotland piled up 27 runs within the first three overs earlier than Mujeeb scalped Scotland skipper Kyle Coetzer and Calum MacLoed off successive balls.
    Mujeeb didn’t get his hat-trick however two balls later he trapped Richie Berrington to scale back Scotland to twenty-eight for 3 after 4 overs.
    Wickets continued to tumble for Scotland as Matthew Cross and George Munsey (25) departed within the subsequent two overs.

    Afghanistan with a complete victory 🔥 #T20WorldCup | #AFGvSCO | https://t.co/qgmElzPLDG pic.twitter.com/ltJW8atadJ
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 25, 2021
    The development continued as Michael Leask, Chris Greaves and Mark Watt too did not counter the guile of Rashid Khan (4/9) and Mujeeb.

    Mujeeb Ur Rahman, you magnificence 👌 #T20WorldCup #AFGvSCO pic.twitter.com/sUSo7dbrY2
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 25, 2021
    After Mujeeb, it was Rashid’s flip to trigger destruction as he polished off Scotland the tail at hand Afghanistan a giant win.
    Scotland’s wrestle in opposition to spin could be gauged from the truth that 5 of their batters did not open their accounts
    Earlier, Nazibullah Zadran struck a blistering 59 off 34 balls, hitting 5 fours and three sixes, whereas Hazratullah Zazai (44) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (46) additionally produced stable knocks to assist Afghanistan rating their best-ever whole in T20 World Cup.
    Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad (22) acquired Afghanistan off to a flier, stitching 54 runs off simply 35 balls earlier than the latter holed out at deep midwicket boundary.
    Zazai performed aggressively from the onset, hitting the unhealthy balls to the fence and over it with consummate ease however his 30-ball knock was minimize quick by Mark Watt as he inside edged a supply on to his stumps within the tenth over with Afghanistan reaching 82 for 2.
    Thereafter, Gurbaz and Zadran maintained the scoring charge as Afghanistan stored up the strain on Scotland bowlers.

    Najibullah Zadran with a scintillating half-century ✨#T20WorldCup | #AFGvSCO | https://t.co/qgmElzPLDG pic.twitter.com/d9Ogzg1KwW
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 25, 2021
    While Gurbaz performed steadily from one finish, Zadran was attacking from the onset as Afghanistan reached 127 for 2 after 15 overs.
    In between, Gurbaz additionally confirmed his attacking prowess as he clobbered Josh Davey over the mid-wicket boundary with a helicopeter shot to hit a most.
    Gurbaz, from there on, took his sport to the subsequent stage and clobbered Brad Wheal for 2 sixes over lengthy on to build up 16 runs from the seventeenth over.
    Zadran was to not be left behind as he hit Watt straight down the bottom for a boundary after which adopted it up with a six over long-off within the subsequent over.
    But Gurbaz fell 4 runs in need of his fifty when he handed a simple catch to Kyle Coetzer off Davey.
    With wickets in hand, Afghanistan gathered 63 runs within the final 5 overs.

  • Afghanistan making ready to take part in T20 World Cup: ICC Acting CEO

    ICC Acting CEO Geoff Allardice on Sunday made it clear that there is no such thing as a risk to Afghanistan’s participation within the T20 World Cup however stated it’s going to hold a detailed watch on how issues unfold after the change in regime within the strife-torn nation.
    There have been experiences that ICC would possibly forbid Afghanistan from taking part within the showpiece occasion if the staff decides to play beneath the Taliban flag amid the continued turmoil within the nation.
    “They are a full member at the ICC and the team is preparing for the event (World Cup) at the moment (and) will be playing in (the) Group league. In terms of their participation, it is proceeding as the normal,” Allardice stated at a digital con-call.
    With Taliban taking on of the nation’s political setup, Afghanistan cricket staff has been in a state of chaos.
    Last month, Taliban had changed Hamid Shinwari with Naseed Zadran Khan as Afghanistan Cricket Board’s Chief Executive.
    “Yes, I think, when the change of regime took place in Afghanistan in August, we have been in regular contact with their cricket board, the Afghanistan Cricket Board and our primary function is to support the development of cricket in that country through the member board,” Allardice stated.
    “…we are waiting to see how things unfold under the different regime in that country and we will do that through the cricket board. The ICC Board will consider it when they next meet, which is looking like at the end of the T20 World Cup.”
    Afghanistan, a full member of the ICC, have been clubbed with former champions India and Pakistan together with New Zealand in Group 2, and can later be joined by two extra groups from the qualifiers.
    The staff has been coaching in Qatar and can be heading to UAE for the T20 World Cup which begins on October 17.
    Afghanistan Cricket Board had appointed former Zimbabwe captain and England coach Andy Flower the nationwide staff’s advisor for the T20 World Cup.

  • ACB chairman to satisfy PCB’s Ramiz Raja on organising white-ball collection

    The chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Azizullah Fazli, will go to Lahore on Sunday and meet along with his Pakistani counterpart, Ramiz Raja, to discover organising a white-ball collection between the 2 nations.
    A dependable supply within the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that Fazli will probably be in Lahore to satisfy with Raja.
    “Fazli is expected to ask the PCB to send its team for a one-day series this year,” the supply mentioned.
    Afghanistan was as a consequence of host Pakistan for a maiden bilateral ODI collection in Sri Lanka in early September however the rubber was postponed after the Taliban took over the nation.
    The supply conceded that the PCB would discover it exhausting to take a closing resolution on Fazli’s invitation because the Pakistan authorities is but to recognise the Taliban authorities.
    The International Cricket Council (ICC) has mentioned it’s considering banning the conflict-ridden nation from collaborating within the upcoming T20 World Cup T20 if the Taliban authorities doesn’t enable ladies to participate in cricket actions.
    Quite a lot of Afghanistan’s ladies footballers and a few cricketers have moved to different nations when the Taliban took over Kabul, fearing a backlash from the novel group.
    “It is a dicey state of affairs in the intervening time though Pakistan is clearly brief on worldwide cricket after the way in which New Zealand deserted their collection in Pakistan and returned residence and after the England board additionally referred to as off their tour to the nation.
    “Add to the postponed series by Afghanistan and there is no doubt that Pakistan desperately needs international matches but, given the status of the Taliban government, the PCB faces a difficult decision,” the supply mentioned.
    Afghanistan is positioned in Pakistan’s group within the T20 World Cup.

  • Mohammad Nabi named Afghanistan captain after Rashid Khan steps down

    After Rashid Khan relinquished his place because the skipper of the Afghanistan cricket squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, all-rounder Mohammad Nabi is about to guide the aspect into battle within the deserts of UAE.
    After the appointment Nabi tweeted, “At this critical stage, I admire the decision of ACB for the announcement of leading the National Cricket Team in T20 Format. InshaAllah together we will present a great picture of the Nation in the upcoming T20 World Cup.”

    At this crucial stage, I like the choice of ACB for the announcement of main the National Cricket Team in T20 Format. InshaAllah collectively we are going to current an excellent image of the Nation within the upcoming T20 World Cup.
    — Mohammad Nabi (@MohammadNabi007) September 9, 2021
    Rashid, who’s the world’s top-ranked bowler in Twenty20s, determined to step down from captaincy after the spinner claimed that his “consent” was not obtained earlier than saying the squad which can begin their marketing campaign on October 25.
    “As the captain and responsible person for the nation, I reserve the right to be part of the selection of the team. The selection committee and ACB has not obtained my consent for the team which has been announced by ACB media,” Rashid stated in a press release on Twitter.

    “I am taking the decision of stepping down from the role as the captain of Afghanistan T20 side effective immediately. It’s Always my proud playing for Afghanistan,” he added.

    🙏🇦🇫 pic.twitter.com/zd9qz8Jiu0
    — Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) September 9, 2021
    In the squad, wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Shahzad was additionally named within the squad. Afasr Zazai and Farid Ahmad Malik had been included as the 2 reserve gamers.
    Notably, Afghanistan is positioned in Group 2 of the event alongside India, Pakistan, and New Zealand.

    Afghanistan T20 Squad: Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Shahzad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen ul Haq, Hamid Hassan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Qais Ahmed

  • Taliban set to ban ladies’s sports activities in Afghanistan, claims report

    Australia’s SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that ladies’s sports activities — and ladies’s cricket particularly — shall be banned by his group in Afghanistan.
    “In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this,” the community quoted Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural fee, as saying.
    “It is the media era, and there will be photos and videos, and then people watch it. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed.”
    Wasiq final month informed SBS that the Taliban would permit males’s cricket to proceed and that it has given approval for the lads’s nationwide workforce to journey to Australia for a Test match in November.
    But in an announcement launched Thursday, Cricket Australia mentioned it will not proceed with the deliberate Test beginning November 27 if information experiences of Taliban views on the ladies’s sport have been true.
    “Driving the growth of women’s cricket globally is incredibly important to Cricket Australia,” the assertion mentioned. “Our imaginative and prescient for cricket is that it’s a sport for all and we assist the sport unequivocally for girls at each stage.

    An replace on the proposed Test match in opposition to Afghanistan ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/p2q5LOJMlw
    — Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) September 9, 2021
    “If recent media reports that women’s cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan are substantiated, Cricket Australia would have no alternative but to not host Afghanistan for the proposed Test match due to be played in Hobart.”
    Australia’s Sports Minister Richard Colbeck mentioned earlier that the Taliban’s determination on ladies’s sport was “deeply concerning” and he urged organizations such because the International Cricket Council to take motion.
    “Excluding women from sport at any level is unacceptable,” Colbeck mentioned in an announcement. “We urge international sport authorities, including the International Cricket Council, to take a stand against this appalling ruling.”
    Players from Afghanistan’s ladies’s soccer workforce are amongst dozens of athletes given visas to dwell in Australia and have been present process quarantine as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
    On Tuesday, the Taliban introduced an all-male interim authorities for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the Nineties and the 20-year battle in opposition to the U.S.-led coalition.
    A coverage assertion accompanying the Cabinet announcement sought to allay fears of Afghanistan’s neighbors and the remainder of the world, however was unlikely to calm the fears of girls, who didn’t get a single put up.
    The assertion spoke of defending the rights of minorities and the underprivileged, and it promised schooling “to all countrymen within the framework of Sharia.” Women weren’t talked about within the three-page assertion.
    Last Saturday, Taliban particular forces in camouflage fired their weapons into the air to finish a protest march in Kabul by ladies demanding equal rights.

  • Green sign from Taliban; Afghanistan board eyes Australia, India excursions

    In a sign that the brand new Taliban regime in Afghanistan might permit sporting occasions to go forward, a prime official of the Afghan cricket board informed The Indian Express Wednesday that the staff’s tour of Australia this yr, which is able to embody the first-ever Test between the 2 nations, has obtained the inexperienced sign.
    According to Hamid Shinwari, chief govt officer of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), there’s additionally the potential for the staff visiting India for a Test collection subsequent yr.
    “The Taliban government has been supporting cricket and all our cricket will be held as per schedule. A spokesperson of the Taliban Cultural Commission communicated to us that Taliban will be supporting the Test match against Australia followed by a Test series against India in the first quarter of 2022,” Shinwari stated.
    The Test towards Australia is to be performed in Hobart between November 27 and December 1. It was initially scheduled for final yr earlier than the Covid pandemic and journey restrictions prevented it from being staged.
    Before the Australia tour, Afghanistan will characteristic within the T20 World Cup within the UAE from October 17-November 15. However, a bilateral ODI collection towards Pakistan has been postponed until subsequent yr.
    “They (Taliban) are supporting cricket and we have got the green signal from them. It’s a clear message to the youth that they will support sports. That is the best sign,” Shinwari stated.
    However, when requested about the way forward for ladies’s cricket, Shinwari stated: “We don’t know at the moment. The government will decide on it.”
    The Afghan nationwide males’s staff was fashioned after the Taliban had been overthrown in 2001. Subsequently, the staff made speedy progress and had been granted full-member Test standing by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2017.
    Last yr, the ACB handed central contracts to 25 ladies cricketers. But now, if the ladies’s staff is disbanded, it might threaten the nation’s standing within the governing physique.
    Shinwari stated that a number of different worldwide assignments had been within the conceptual stage. “We are working for a T20 tri-series, which will feature Afghanistan, West Indies and Sri Lanka. Most probably, it will be held in UAE before the T20 World Cup. We will have a camp, most probably in Qatar, for our national team before the tri-series,” he stated.
    The CEO stated home cricket tournaments can even start quickly. “We will be playing a one-day tournament with all our provinces. We call it List A Tournament. We will be starting it soon in our country and it will be aired worldwide,” he stated.
    Earlier, days after Taliban swept to energy, Shinwari had stated the cricket had widespread acceptance in Afghanistan. “The beauty of cricket is that it is loved by everyone. Be it any situation. Since the last 20 years, we have been getting support from all factions of the society including Taliban. We don’t see any harm for the cricketers, we haven’t witnessed one casualty in the past 20 years. I don’t see any problem with the sports, particularly with cricket,” he had stated.

  • ‘Stop killing Afghan please’: Cricketer Rashid Khan heartbroken after bomb blasts in Kabul

    After a number of bomb blasts and at the very least one assault by a gunman in Kabul on Thursday, a heartbroken Rashid Khan took to Twitter and mentioned, “Kabul is bleeding again, stop killing Afghan please.”

    Kabul is bleeding once more 😢😢💔💔STOP KILLING AFGHAN PLEASE 🙏🙏😢😢🇦🇫🇦🇫
    — Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) August 26, 2021
    The Thursday blasts killed at the very least 60 Afghans and 13 US service personnel, and plunged the evacuation of western forces from Afghanistan into deeper disaster after Taliban’s takeover on August 15.
    The well being official mentioned at the very least 60 folks had been killed within the blast, together with kids, and plenty of Taliban guards had been wounded. Later in an announcement, the Taliban condemned the assault saying it occurred in an space “controlled by US forces”.
    This is Rashid’s second attraction to the World and its leaders on social media. The star-leg spinner first tweeted in regards to the rising violence in Afghanistan on August 10, requesting the ‘World Leaders’ to not depart his countrymen in ‘chaos’.
    “Dear World Leaders! My country is in chaos, thousands of innocent people, including children & women, get martyred everyday, houses & properties being destructed.Thousand families displaced. Don’t leave us in chaos. Stop killing Afghans & destroying Afghaniatan. We want peace,” Rashid had written.

    Dear World Leaders! My nation is in chaos,thousand of harmless folks, together with kids & ladies, get martyred on a regular basis, homes & properties being destructed.Thousand households displaced..Don’t depart us in chaos. Stop killing Afghans & destroying Afghaniatan🇦🇫.We need peace.🙏
    — Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) August 10, 2021
    Pakistan-Afghanistan one-day worldwide cricket collection, scheduled for subsequent month in Sri Lanka, has been postponed till subsequent yr following the Taliban takeover.
    The Taliban had mentioned they might not intervene with males’s cricket within the nation, Afghanistan’s largest sporting success of latest years. The destiny of the ladies’s program, nevertheless, stays unclear.
    Earlier this week, former chief Azizullah Fazli was named performing chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), the primary new appointment within the governing physique since Taliban’s takeover of the strife-torn nation.
    On Thursday, one of many bombers struck folks standing knee-deep in a wastewater canal below the sweltering solar, throwing our bodies into the fetid water. Those who moments earlier had hoped to get on flights out could possibly be seen carrying the wounded to ambulances in a daze, their very own garments darkened with blood.
    A U.S. official mentioned the advanced assault was believed to have been carried out by the Islamic State group. The IS affiliate in Afghanistan is much extra radical than the Taliban, who not too long ago took management of the nation in a lightning blitz and condemned the assault.
    Even as the world was hit, evacuation flights continued to take off from Kabul airport.

  • Cricketing actions on schedule regardless of regime change: Afghan board

    The day after Taliban took management of the Afghan capital Kabul, the nation’s cricket board stated its group’s assignments could be honoured as there was no interference from any quarters.
    Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) chief govt officer Hamid Shinwari stated gamers and officers have been secure and ACB is planning to have its third camp earlier than the group flies to Sri Lanka subsequent week.
    “We are going there (Sri Lanka) and playing Pakistan for a series. Overall situation is great (in Afghanistan). It was like, two days was needed for regime change and at that time people were in fear, but now we have normal traffic for people and other official activity. Most probably, all offices will be open from tomorrow,” Shinwari instructed The Indian Express.
    He harassed that the scenario was underneath management. “All is well with cricket. Even before, there was no interference in cricketing activities in Afghanistan. We have support from there too and we are playing all our activities as per schedule.”
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    The two marquee gamers of Afghanistan- Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi – will not be within the nation. Khan is enjoying The Hundred in England, however his household is caught in Kabul whereas Nabi is in Dubai. On August 11, Nabi had urged leaders of the world to return ahead in serving to Afghanistan.
    “As an Afghan, I bleed to see where my beloved country is today. Afghanistan descends into Chaos and there has been a substantial rise in calamity and tragedy and is currently in humanitarian crisis. Families are forced to leave their homes behind and head to Kabul with an unknown future, as their homes are being seized. I appeal to the leaders of the world; please don’t let Afghanistan go into chaos. We need your Support. We want Peace,” he had tweeted.
    Rashid Khan in motion in the course of the IPL. (BCCI/IPL)
    It’s not clear whether or not the brand new regime will have an effect on cricket. When requested whether or not Taliban would assist cricket, Shinwari stated, “The fantastic thing about cricket is that it’s cherished by everybody. Be it any scenario. Since the final 20 years, we’ve been getting assist from all factions of the society together with Taliban. We don’t see any hurt for the cricketers, we haven’t witnessed one casualty prior to now 20 years. I don’t see any downside with the sports activities, notably with cricket. “
    As per Shinwari, the frequent man doesn’t know politics and simply dwell their lives. “The regime has changed here, they (common man) have to feed their family and kids. Generally speaking, the situation is getting far better compared to last week,” he explains.
    The ACB has appointed Shaun Tait because the bowling coach and is in talks with former Sri Lanka batsman Hashan Tillakaratne to be their batting coach. Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener is the pinnacle coach. As per Shinwari, all will likely be accessible in Sri Lanka with the Afghanistan group.