Tag: Afghanistan

However, India will miss the services of star batsman Virat Kohli who will not play the first T20 due to personal reasons. 

The twist of fate could potentially keep him out of action for six weeks, casting a shadow over his immediate participation.

As of now, there are no diplomats from the Afghan Republic remaining in India, the mission stressed.

During the Asia Cup, she was also spotted supporting team India. She wore a jersey signed by Virat Kohli himself for the match and was seen proudly waving the Indian flag and cheering for Team India.

This noble gesture of the Afghani batsman has been winning hearts online with cricket lovers applauding him online.

Their chances of qualifying for the semifinals will also grow if both New Zealand and Pakistan lose their next matches. 

In the battle between two giant-killers of this showpiece, Afghanistan rode on their spinners and brilliant fielding to restrict the Dutch to 179 all out and then chased down the target in 31.3 overs.

Some former Indian cricketers have provided coaching to the national team. India has also provided Afghanistan players Indian stadiums and facilities to train and play their home matches.

In 2023, tensions escalated between both players during a match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. After the completion of the game, Virat and Naveen Ul-Haq were seen engaging in a heated exchange which garnered significant attention.

Batting in his 53rd World Cup innings, Kohli crossed Tendulkar’s haul of 2278 runs with an aggregate average of more than 60. 

The firework-filled innings saw records galore by Rohit Sharma, who became the joint-fastest to 1000 runs in a World Cup (tied with David Warner at 19 innings each), surpassing Chris Gayle's record of most sixes (553), most centuries in a 50-over World Cup (7) and the fastest century by an Indian at the World Cup (63 balls) -- in that order -- during the course of his 31st ODI century.

Afghan skipper Hasmatullah Shahidi (80) and Azmatullah Omarzai (62) took visitors to a par-total with a crucial 100-plus stand.

Two days after back to back earthquakes claimed nearly 4000 lives in Afghanistan, country's North western region was struck by another powerful earthquake of magnitude of 6.3, reported the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).

While Afghanistan remain unchanged, India made one change in their line-up with Shardul Thakur coming in place of Ravichandran Ashwin.

Amidst this confusing backdrop, the Indian team sans an ill Shubman Gill, is in the city with an eye on adding another win to its kitty when they face Afghanistan in its second game of the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup at a new-look Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday, which is again expected to be a sea of blue.