ODI / ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka will not be cancelled says PCB

Zoom News : Aug 19, 2021, 04:49 PM

The Pakistan Cricket Board is assured that the political upheaval in Afghanistan will not have an effect on their ODI collection. In fact, the Taliban government have given an inexperienced mild to the countrywide group to play the fits in Sri Lanka as scheduled. A well-informed source withinside the PCB stated that that they'd were given wonderful alerts from their opposite numbers in Afghanistan approximately the series.


“The collection seems to be on and the warning signs we've were given is that the Taliban government have given inexperienced mild for the collection,” he stated. “We are going beforehand with our plans and we can announce our squad as quickly as the second one take a look at towards the West Indies ends on 24th August,” he added.

The Afghanistan players have begun out schooling in Kabul at the same time as the PCB additionally introduced that a schooling camp could be set up in Lahore from August 21 to twenty-eight for the collection with the Pakistan squad scheduled to depart on 29th for Sri Lanka.


It is thought that for the brand new regime in Afghanistan there was no better way to ship out a message to the worldwide network approximately their gentle photo than permitting the series to move beforehand. “They can have the series because it offers them an awesome possibility to reveal the western international that they may be one of a kind from once they formerly dominated Afghanistan,” stated an analyst.


Most of the main Afghan players which includes Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rehman and a few others are already in England taking part withinside the ‘Hundred’ tournament.

The Afghanistan Board will be hosting the 3 match series --- the first bilateral contest among the 2 national teams -- from September 1 to 5 in Hambantota. The collection is a part of the ICC’s qualifying league for the 2023 World Cup in India.


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