Afghanistan National Cricket Team Players – It is said that sport knows no frontiers, and so cricket crossed the frigid mountains of the Hind Kush to reach Afghanistan itself in the mid-19th century. Records state that the first cricket match was played in Afghanistan in 1839, although cricket did not immediately flourish in the country. It was not until the 1990s that cricket became popular among Afghan refugees in Pakistan, who were gripped by the game fever.

The Afghanistan Cricket Federation was founded in 1995 by Afghan refugees in Pakistan. When the refugees returned home in 2001, they took home their new love of the game and continued to play cricket in Afghanistan, as it was the only sport not banned by the Taliban in the country. In 2001, the Afghanistan Cricket Federation became part of the ICC when it was elected an associate member. From there, Afghanistan began its long journey towards obtaining ODI and Test status.

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They started participating in second tier tournaments and regional tournaments in Pakistan. In 2004, they began competing in regional tournaments in Asia. In 2006 they toured England, playing the 11 home teams in the second tier and winning six of their seven games. In 2008 they had started winning low-level tournaments and in the same year they started their qualifying campaign for the 2011 World Championship. However, they didn’t manage to advance to the World Championship, but their efforts paid off when they finally got their ODI status obtained in 2009.

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The first ODI ever played by the Afghan cricket team was against Scotland in 5th place in World Cup qualifiers and they won their match by 89 runs. They then went on to win the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup in the United Arab Emirates. In 2010, Afghanistan played their first Twenty20 International against Ireland but lost the match by five wickets. They then qualified for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, their highest achievement to date. Considering the team had only started playing cricket in their country a decade earlier, it was a landmark achievement. However, their performance in the tournament was quite poor. But Afghanistan cricket was on the rise and the team were undeterred by recent results. They regrouped and won the ACC Elite Trophy tournament. They even won silver at the 2010 Asian Games in China. From there, Afghanistan improved by leaps and bounds, breaking into the top ten of the ICC ODI rankings for the first time in 2015.

The year 2015 was a memorable year for the Afghanistan national cricket team as they competed in the ICC World Cup for the first time. Bangladesh was their first opponent and they lost the match by 105 runs. Afghanistan won just one of their World Cup games, a one-wicket victory over Scotland, and were eliminated from the tournament in the opening round. But even after losing, the World Cup was a great experience for the team as they have come a long way from playing cricket in refugee camps in Pakistan to facing some of the best sides in the world. It was a great achievement for the country and its hard-working players.

After gaining valuable experience at the World Cup, the Afghan cricket team continued its development. In 2017, the four-day national competition of Afghanistan was awarded “premium” status by the ICC.

The Afghan cricket team does not have a home ground in the country as their home games are not played in their country for security reasons. Therefore, they used several different stadiums throughout Asia as their home ground. In 2016, Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Center in Greater Noida, India was used as a home for Afghanistan.

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On June 14, 2018 in Bengaluru, Afghanistan played the first friendly match in its history against India, but lost the match. Afghanistan has played a total of 101 ODIs since 2009 and won 53 of them. Their record in Twenty20 is even better – they’ve won 46 of the 68 games they’ve played so far.

Mohammad Nabi is her top ODI runs scorer with 2301 runs and a 29.12 average. Nabi is also their top wicket taker with 109 wickets and an average of 31.16. Afghanistan’s highest individual ODI is 131* and was achieved by Mohammad Shahzad against Zimbabwe. The best ODI bowling stat belongs to superstar Rashid Khan who ended 2017 against the West Indies with a score of 7/18.

The Afghanistan national cricket team is currently led by Asghar Afghan who has played 86 ODIs and 51 T20Is for Afghanistan. He is a right-handed hitter and a medium-paced right-arm bowler. The Afghan captain is one of the many good players on the team, which also includes Rahmat Shah, a right-handed hitter who throws a right-arm break and has played 45 ODIs for his country. Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad is a seasoned campaigner who also has an eye for the spectacular on and off the pitch. He has played 69 ODIs and 60 T20Is for Afghanistan and has achieved 4 ODI Centuries and 1 T20I Century to date. He is also Afghanistan’s second-best candidate after Mohammad Nabi. Nabi is another talented player in the team and is currently the most experienced Afghan cricketer with 98 ODIs and 60 T20Is.

But there’s no denying that the real star of this squad is Rashid Khan. The man who started the IPL is relatively new to the circuit but is a great spinner and a pretty handy hard hitter in the T20 games. Since his debut in 2015, he has played 46 ODIs and won 105 wickets. To put things in perspective, he doesn’t turn 20 until September 20th this year!

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Rashid made his first success at the IPL 2017 edition when he took 17 wickets from 14 games. But when he joined Sunrise’s Hyderabad for the 2018 IPL edition, Rashid Khan finally unleashed his magic. The season ended in a heartbreaking loss to the Chennai Super Kings in the final, but Khan had already made a name for himself in the tournament. He had played 17 games, taking 21 wickets, with an economy of 6.73 and a batting average of 19.42. He was one of the toughest bowlers in the tournament, but Khan also contributed with the bat, hitting 59 runs with a batting average of 190.32! He hit six sixes and three fours in the tournament.

Afghanistan is currently ranked 12th in the ICC test ranking, 10th in the ICC ODI ranking and 8th in the ICC T20I ranking. The three are the highest ranks in the history of the Afghan national cricket team. While they may not currently dominate the cricket world, the Afghanistan Cricket Team has come a long way since its inception. Raised from the ashes of a war torn country, all they have achieved against all odds shows that Afghan cricketers are warriors worthy of much respect. Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer

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In the 1990s, cricket became popular among Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, and in 1995 the Afghanistan Cricket Board was established there. Philippa Velija does not work for, advise, own shares or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from it. in this article and has disclosed no relevant connections beyond her academic employment.

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