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AT Monitoring Desk-In a major boost to Afghanistan’s international cricket prospects, the BCCI acting secretary, Amitabh Choudhary announced that all international teams touring India will now play one practice match against Afghanistan. The move is set to constantly provide high quality exposure to the budding cricketing nation. This development comes …

AT-KABUL: A cricket stadium with international standards was opened Monday in Kandahar province. Indian government has financed the project. The inauguration of the stadium took place with the presence of the provincial officials, Indian ambassador to Kabul and a large number of the businessmen and cricket fans. Kandahar provincial governor, …

AT-KABUL: Two footballers embraced martyrdom, and three others received injuries after their vehicle hit with a roadside mine in Anar Dara district of western Farah province, an official said on Sunday. Habibullah, a relative of the victims, told Pajhwok Afghan News the athletes were on their way to Anar Dara …

Naveen-ul-Haq, the Afghanistan Under-19 captain, has dedicated the team’s maiden entry into the World Cup semi-finals to the victims of the attacks that have rocked Jalalabad and Kabul over the last two days. The entire team wore black armbands to mourn those who lost their lives during the quarter-final against …

Afghanistan’s 19-year-old leg-spinner capped an exceptional, wicket-laden year with the prestigious Associate Cricketer of the Year award. Still in his teens, it’s incredible to think how many international wickets Rashid Khan will have taken by the end of his career. The leggie has already claimed 112 for his country and …

Reigning Under-19 Asia Cup champions Afghanistan reprised their regional success on a global stage at the World Cup in New Zealand, defeating Sri Lanka by 32 runs on DLS Method in Whangerei. Having already beaten Pakistan in Group D, Afghanistan clinched a place in the quarter-finals for the second time …

The 18-year-old currently has the highest batting average of all time in first-class cricket Here’s a trivia question: of players with more than 1,000 first-class runs, who has the highest average? Most cricket fans would guess Don Bradman, and up until recently, they’d have been right. But, for the time …

In a national side with a pair of IPL stars, the talk of the town following Afghanistan’s thumping 138-run win over Ireland on Tuesday was not Rashid Khan or Mohammad Nabi but 16-year-old debutant offspinner Mujeeb Zadran. Following in the footsteps of Rashid and left-arm wristspinner Zahir Khan, Mujeeb became …

Afghanistan Under-19s 248 for 7 (Faizi 107*, Musa 3-46) beat Pakistan Under-19s 63 (Mujeeb 5-13) by 185 runs Ikram Faizi’s unbeaten 107 and a five-for from offspinner Mujeeb Zadran clinched the maiden Asia Cup title for Afghanistan Under-19s, with a 185-run win over Pakistan Under-19s in the final in Kuala …

By Vijay Tagore, Bangalore Mirror Bureau-You don’t visit Afghanistan and come back without experiencing fear. Dean Jones is no different. He was there for 12 days and when he returned to India yesterday to resume his commentary stint, he had this to say about the warravaged nation first up. “I …