Afghanistan cricket

26 articles tagged with "Afghanistan cricket"

Sep 3, 2026

Laxman takes India to the Asian Games, and Gambhir stays home for the West Indies ODIs

India will run two coaching set-ups this month, with VVS Laxman leading the Asian Games squad in Japan while Gautam Gambhir stays back for the West In...

Sep 1, 2026

Four of India’s 15 need fitness clearance, and the same squad goes to the Asian Games

India named a 15-man squad for the Afghanistan T20Is on Tuesday, with Jasprit Bumrah one of four players in only if the medical staff clear them. The...

Aug 31, 2026

India were due to play an ODI in Dhaka this week, and the tour has been put off again

India’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh, already moved once from August 2025, will not happen this month. Neither board has cancelled it, and January is...

Aug 25, 2026

Naveen-ul-Haq is back for the first time since 2024, and his return series is in Delhi against India

Afghanistan have named a 15-man squad for three T20Is against India in Delhi next month. Naveen-ul-Haq returns from shoulder surgery after almost two...

Aug 20, 2026

Afghanistan pulled Noor Ahmad’s NOC, and St Lucia Kings have lost him for the rest of the CPL

Noor took 22 wickets and won St Lucia Kings the 2024 title. He will not bowl a ball for them in 2026, and the man who won the Hundred final has been f...

Aug 17, 2026

Afghanistan hand the Asian Games to six uncapped players, with Rashid Khan staying home

Darwish Rasooli will lead a 15-man Afghanistan squad in Japan next month in which six players have never been capped. India, meanwhile, are sending Bu...

Aug 16, 2026

Rahmat Shah’s unbeaten 143 turns 22 for 2 into Afghanistan’s biggest ODI chase

Rahmat Shah’s 143 not out was his highest score in the format, and it carried Afghanistan to a 4-0 series win over Ireland in Belfast.

Aug 15, 2026

Afghanistan host India in Delhi in September, and only one of the two teams is travelling

Three T20Is at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on 13, 15 and 17 September, with Afghanistan listed as the home side. It will be the first time they have host...

Aug 8, 2026

Rashid Khan’s 6 for 34 gives Rahmat Shah a win in his first match as captain

Afghanistan’s new captain had to sit through a washout before he got a game in charge. He got a 92-run win, and six wickets from the best bowler he ha...

Aug 6, 2026

Rain at Bready sends Ireland into the 2027 World Cup Qualifier, and West Indies’ route now runs through India

Ireland needed to sweep Afghanistan 5-0 to keep any chance of direct entry to the 2027 ODI World Cup alive. The first ball at Bready was never bowled.

Aug 5, 2026

Ireland end a 14-month wait for an ODI at Bready, against a side rated 90 to their 54

Gary Wilson’s first series in charge pairs three ODI debutants with a returning Paul Stirling, against a side that has won the last six meetings betwe...

Jul 25, 2026

Rahmat Shah’s first squad as captain: Afghanistan name 15 for the Ireland ODIs

Fazalhaq Farooqi and Yamin Ahmadzai return, Mujeeb Ur Rahman is injured and Mohammad Nabi is unavailable, as Afghanistan pick the squad for Rahmat Sha...

Jul 25, 2026

India get a bye into the Asian Games cricket quarter-finals as the Japan draw lands

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been seeded straight into the men’s quarter-finals in Aichi, while India’s women begin their title defe...

Jul 22, 2026

Hashmatullah Shahidi steps down as Afghanistan’s ODI captain

Hashmatullah Shahidi has stepped down as Afghanistan’s ODI captain after more than four years and 55 matches in charge, with the board set to name a s...

Jun 19, 2026

India eye a 3-0 sweep against Afghanistan in the Chennai finale

India have already pocketed the series, but a win in the third ODI at Chennai on Saturday would complete a clean sweep of Afghanistan.

Jun 17, 2026

Gill and Kishan centuries power India to a series-sealing 170-run win over Afghanistan

Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan both made hundreds and shared a stand worth 224 as India racked up 402 in Lucknow, then bowled Afghanistan out for 232 t...

Jun 15, 2026

India look to seal the series against Afghanistan in Lucknow

India lead 1-0 and can wrap up the series when they face Afghanistan in the second ODI at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium on Wednesday. Gurbaz’s fireworks asi...

Jun 11, 2026

Afghanistan’s white-ball strength meets a new-era India in the Dharamsala ODI opener

After the Test mismatch, the three ODIs shift to Afghanistan’s strongest format, with a Shubman Gill-led India beginning a new chapter when the series...

Jun 9, 2026

Rohit and Hardik cleared to play as India set their Afghanistan ODI squad

India will have Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya available for the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan after both passed fitness tests at the BCC...

Jun 9, 2026

India seal their biggest Test win as Afghanistan fold by an innings and 300 runs

India turned a one-off Test in New Chandigarh into a record rout, beating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs for the largest victory by an innings...

Jun 8, 2026

Suthar’s six-for routs Afghanistan as India enforce the follow-on in Mullanpur

Manav Suthar’s six for 33 on Test debut bundled Afghanistan out for 152 and sent them straight back in, leaving India with a first-innings lead of 412...

Jun 7, 2026

Suthar’s debut three-for puts Afghanistan in trouble after India’s 564

Debutant spinner Manav Suthar took three wickets to leave Afghanistan at 113 for five, still 451 runs behind, after India declared their first innings...

Jun 6, 2026

Gill and Rahul hundreds put India in command on day one in Mullanpur

India piled up 368 for 3 on the opening day of their one-off Test against Afghanistan, with captain Shubman Gill and KL Rahul both reaching centuries...

Jun 1, 2026

Afghanistan return to India for a Test, eight years on from their first

A one-off Test and three ODIs against a Gill-led India hand Afghanistan a rare red-ball examination against a top side, and a white-ball series where...