Rashid spin holds key for Afghanistan
As a boy growing up in Bati Kot, an arid village in rural Afghanistan, Rashid Khan dreamt of becoming the family’s first doctor.
As a boy growing up in Bati Kot, an arid village in rural Afghanistan, Rashid Khan dreamt of becoming the family’s first doctor.
What you need to know about Afghanistan heading into the 50-over global showpiece in India.
Fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq has been included in Afghanistan’s 15-man World Cup squad, but all-rounder Gulbadin Naib was dropped.
Title-holders Sri Lanka outlasted a rampaging Afghanistan by just two runs in a dramatic finish to reach the Asia Cup Super Four stage on Tuesday.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Najmul Hossain Shanto smashed centuries as Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 89 runs in the Asia Cup in Lahore on Sunday.
Pakistan rose to the top of the ODI rankings with a 59-run win against Afghanistan in the third match in Colombo on Saturday, claiming a 3-0 series whitewash.
No 10 batsman Naseem Shah hit a boundary off the penultimate delivery to give Pakistan a dramatic one-wicket win over a luckless Afghanistan in the second ODI in Hambantota on Thursday.
Fast bowler Haris Rauf led a pace assault on Afghanistan with a career-best five-wicket haul to give Pakistan a thumping 142-run victory in the first ODI in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota.
Pakistan face Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday, with captain Babar Azam seeing it as good preparation for the Asia Cup and World Cup.
Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by six wickets in the second T20I to take the two-match series 2-0 on Sunday.
Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by seven wickets in Tuesday’s third ODI in Chittagong.
Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran both scored hundreds as Afghanistan crushed Bangladesh by 142 runs on Saturday.
Opener Ibrahim Zadran struck 41* as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 17 runs on DLS method in a rain-shortened first ODI in Chittagong on Wednesday.
Bangladesh crushed Afghanistan by 546 runs to secure the biggest Test victory margin by runs in nearly 90 years.
Afghanistan lost two quick wickets on Friday, trailing Bangladesh by 616 runs at stumps.