Afghanistan chief coach Lalchand Rajput on Tuesday said the country's fast-improving cricket team is ready for Test status and will become a top-six side in the next couple of years if given an opportunity at the highest level.
IMAGES from the Group 1 Super 8 match, played between India and Afghanistan, in Barbados, on Thursday.
Pakistan selectors rule out T20 role for Babar, Rizwan and Afridi in near future
Afghanistan (6 points) will not only look to secure two points against the Dutch (4 points) but also aim to win big and improve the net run-rate
Rashid Khan says the pressure of performance in IPL is more than the World Cup and Shubman Gill as the leader of Gujarat Titans has a great opportunity to take bold decisions to prove his credentials as a great captain.
Afghanistan will play a lone Test match against West Indies when they host the Caribbean side for a short series in November in their adopted home India, the Afghanistan Cricket Board has said.
Bangladesh eye an improved performance from their batters in their 2nd group match against Afghanistan on Sunday in the Asia Cup 2023.
Pakistan Prime Minister and former cricketer Imran Khan heaped praises on the Afghanistan cricket team after registering their maiden Test win after.
'He is one guy that India will really want back in the dressing room very quickly.'
Images from Day 1 of the one-off Test, between India and Afghanistan, in Bengaluru, on Thursday.
BCCI might field a second string team for the proposed home series against Afghanistan.
Former Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi has announced his decision to retire from Test cricket after the ongoing one-off match against Bangladesh.
Shakib Al Hasan is set for his last appearance in Test cricket in front of the home crowd as the venerable all-rounder was named in Bangladesh's squad for the first match against South Africa, starting in Dhaka on Monday.
South Africa will look to fix their chasing troubles before the semifinals while Afghanistan will back themselves to beat another top team
The T20I squad for the upcoming three-match series against Afghanistan has been revealed, with key players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli included.
Jonathan Trott, who took over the coaching reins in July, said it was the result of some serious hard work to get their batting and basics right for the tournament.
The current WTC system awards the same number of points -- 12 for a win, six for a tie and four for a draw -- which has given rise to discontent that India, England and Australia -- the Big Three in cricket -- "are disadvantaged as they play more games against each other".
Afghanistan women set to return to cricket field after four-year wait.
Aged 20 years and 350 days when he walked out for the toss on the first day, Rashid Khan broke a 15-year record held by former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu.
India needs to be technologically and militarily prepared to defend itself from both Pakistan and China, alerts Ramesh Menon.
Afghanistan and Ireland have been approved as Full Members by the ICC.
Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc said a sore ankle and his "personal views" were behind his decision to pull out of the Champions Trophy.
Cricket will make a triumphant return to the Olympics at the 2028 Los Angeles Games after a 128-year absence, with six teams vying for top honors in both the men's and women's competitions. The sport was last featured in the 1900 Paris Olympics. The qualification process for the 2028 Games is yet to be confirmed, but the USA, as host nation, is likely to receive a direct spot, leaving five qualification places up for grabs.
Captain Rashid Khan took six wickets to help Afghanistan crush Bangladesh by 224 runs, in a rain-hit fifth and final day of the one-off Test.
Afghanistan registered their first Test victory after Rahmat Shah's second fifty of the match helped secure their seven-wicket win against Ireland in a one-off contest in Dehradun on Monday.
Jasprit Bumrah is firmly perched at the top of the bowlers' list.
Afghanistan and Punjab Kings all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai is determined to translate his remarkable ODI achievements into the T20 format.
India ended an 11-year-long ICC Trophy drought, beating South Africa by seven runs to claim the ICC T20 World Cup title for the second time on June 29 last year, in Barbados.
'Ben Stokes is one of the best captains I've ever seen. So it would be stupid not to look at him.'
'We are very happy to be part of this historical Test match against India.'
All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva will take over from Dimuth Karunaratne as captain of Sri Lanka's Test side, the country's cricket board (SLC) said on Thursday.
All the 10 teams are involved in a lot of back and forth with their overseas recruits over their arrival plans in India a day after the IPL announced the revised schedule following necessary security clearances from the government.
Was it complacency or a case of easing off after securing qualification?
Working on the rigorous requirements of five-day cricket will the biggest challenge for his team over the next six weeks, feels Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons
In the wake of the recent hostilities, both sides have moved from weapons to words, with India dispatching several delegations to visit more than 30 capitals across the world. A similar effort by Pakistan is set to start on Jun 2.
Ravichandran Ashwin, a keen observer of the game, believes the balance between bat and ball has been irrevocably skewed, questioning the very future of the 50-over format.
Top military officials from India and Pakistan highlighted their views at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, billed as Asia's premier defence forum, amid heightened tensions between the two sides following last month's military confrontation.
India are unlikely to rush Shami back into the playing XI as the five Test series against England could be played on turning tracks.
23-year-old Harshit Rana made his India debut as a concussion substitute, marking a historic first for the format.
