Afghanistan cricket

42 articles tagged with "Afghanistan cricket"

Oct 13, 2026

Sediqullah Atal batted 332 balls for a maiden Test hundred, and Afghanistan held on for a draw against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi

Bangladesh needed seven wickets on the final day and took five, but Afghanistan finished on 346 for 8 chasing 479 to draw the one-off Test.

Oct 12, 2026

Litton Das made a hundred and has eight dismissals, and Bangladesh need seven wickets on the last day in Abu Dhabi

Litton’s 102 set up a declaration and a target of 479, and Afghanistan reached 132 for 3 at stumps on the fourth day.

Oct 11, 2026

Hasan Mahmud took Bangladesh’s first Test hat-trick by a fast bowler, and they lead Afghanistan by 329 in Abu Dhabi

Rahmat Shah made an unbeaten 105 in his first Test as captain, but Afghanistan lost their last six wickets for 29. Shanto and Mushfiqur then put Bangl...

Oct 10, 2026

Afghanistan’s seamers took nine Bangladesh wickets in Abu Dhabi, and Rahmat Shah is 84 not out at stumps

Mohammad Saleem took four and Yamin Ahmadzai three as Bangladesh lost their last eight wickets for 125, before Afghanistan’s captain dug in on day two...

Oct 9, 2026

Bangladesh won in Darwin and were bowled out for 64 in Mackay, and Afghanistan get them next in Abu Dhabi

Rahmat Shah leads Afghanistan in a Test for the first time against a Bangladesh side that beat Australia in August, with the head-to-head record level...

Sep 28, 2026

India and Pakistan are in the Asian Games semi-finals, and neither has bowled a ball

Rain washed out both of Monday’s quarter-finals in Nisshin, and the ICC rankings sent India past Afghanistan and Pakistan past Hong Kong.

Sep 26, 2026

Rain took the last day in Nisshin, and India open their Asian Games defence against Afghanistan

Nepal and Malaysia top their groups after two washouts, which sets up a rematch of the rain-ruined 2023 final in Monday’s quarter-final.

Sep 25, 2026

Lalit Rajbanshi took a wicket in each of his first three overs, and Nepal beat Afghanistan by five wickets

Nepal’s spinners shared seven wickets as a second-string Afghanistan side made 102 for 7 in Nisshin, and the chase was done with 16 balls to spare.

Sep 24, 2026

Japan took India to the last over on Tuesday, and Afghanistan bowled them out for 81

Debutant leg-spinner Arab Gul Momand took 4 for 8 as Afghanistan beat the hosts by 48 runs in the first men’s cricket match of the Asian Games.

Sep 21, 2026

Afghanistan lost one match in regulation at the T20 World Cup, and Rashid Khan learned of his sacking from a board announcement

Rashid Khan says the Afghanistan Cricket Board never told him he was losing the T20I captaincy. Six months later, he still has not been given a reason...

Sep 17, 2026

Abhishek Sharma reached his hundred in 30 balls, and the two men above him play for Estonia and Turkey

Abhishek Sharma took 30 balls to a T20I hundred against Afghanistan in Delhi on Thursday, five fewer than Rohit Sharma’s nine-year-old India record an...

Sep 16, 2026

Nitish Reddy took a wicket with the first ball of each of his three overs, and India sealed the series

India beat Afghanistan by seven wickets with 31 balls to spare at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to go 2-0 up with a match left. Reddy’s 3 for 24 and a 22-b...

Sep 14, 2026

Afghanistan were 43 for 5 inside seven overs, and they get one day to fix it

India lead the T20I series 1-0 and can seal it on Tuesday in Delhi. Afghanistan’s trouble in the opener was not the middle order that rescued them, it...

Sep 14, 2026

Afghanistan recovered from 43 for 5, and India knocked it off with 38 balls to spare

Abhishek Sharma’s 82 off 32 balls settled the first T20I in Delhi inside 14 overs, and Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy both came through their f...

Sep 10, 2026

India named four players subject to fitness clearance, and Harshit Rana is the one who missed out

India’s squad for the Afghanistan T20Is came with a condition attached to four names. Three of them cleared it at the Centre of Excellence this week....

Sep 9, 2026

Afghanistan will play four Tests in 2026, more than in any year before, and none of them at home

The Afghanistan Cricket Board has confirmed an October-November season against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, played start to finish in the UAE. Ten matches...

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...