World Cup Blog: Afghan superhero called Shapoor Zadran

A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup Shapoor Zadran of Afghanistan celebrates a wicket. Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images “My height is very big, my hair is very big......

Afghans: Minnows to dark horses

Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers for the Afghanistan team from World Cups.   Result Summary IMAGE: The Afghan team celebrates the fall of a Scotland wicket during their 2015 ICC......

WT20: Rashid quits as Afghanistan captain after squad announced

IMAGE: Rashid Khan said the selection committee and Afghanistan Cricket Board did not obtain his consent for the Twenty20 World Cup team which has been announced. Photograph: Alex......

'Blasts keep happening, we need to focus on cricket'

'They (blasts) keep happening but we have to forget that. Every month there is an attack' IMAGE: Shapoor Zadran of Afghanistan celebrates a wicket. Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Images The......

World Cup PHOTOS: Shenwari leads Afghanistan to historic win

Afghanistan's Samiullah Shenwari during the World Cup match against Scotland. Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters Top-order batsman Samiullah Shenwari scored a gritty 96 to pave the way for......