Cricket Afghanistan

That one batter from Afghanistan for whom one can walk miles to watch him bat. Impressively committed & elegant. 🔥 - @IZadran18 🇦🇫

@ACBofficials @Hashmat_50 @RahmatShah_08 Trying to squeeze out some modern day cricketing juice from the likes of Hasmat who's literally finished. That I'm afraid is a waste of resource.

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Nawroz Mangal highlights how @Hashmat_50 and @RahmatShah_08 are sharpening specific shots at the High Performance Camp in Kabul. 🎯 #AfghanAtalan | #GloriousNationVictoriousTeam

Welcoming Baby Azlan into this world with loads of cheers & happiness. Congratulations @rashidkhan_19 for becoming a proud dad. 💐🎉✨

Noor hunted down three big fish today in the form of Ajinkya, Cameroon & Rinku. After a terrible start to this season of @IPL, @noor_ahmad_15 came back well to clinch the battle over KKR. Silenced his critiques with a match winning spell of 3/21. 🇦🇫

Addressing the press after the last @IPL game where he delivered a match-winning spell, @rashidkhan_19 said that he wants to purely focus on white ball cricket to stretch his professional career which means that he has to sacrifice playing test matches for Afghanistan. Rashid reiterated that he can't commit himself to play more than 1 test match a year as his body is not capable of handling the pressure especially after the surgery last year.

The ultimate G.O.A.T. of T20 cricket, @rashidkhan_19 has just crossed the milestone of 1000 professional wickets across all formats. The modern day cricketing legend is continuing to wield his magic & going strong to walk a thousand miles more. Keep flying the flag of 🇦🇫 high. 👑

That wicket of Sameer Rizvi where @rashidkhan_19 outfoxed him with a perfectly pitched googly gave a strong hint that he is almost back to his best after a prolonged gap. 3/17 with 10 dot deliveries in a run fest was good enough to earn him a POTM in @IPL.

Ibrahim Zadran showed his deepest gratitude to @ESPNcricinfo for adjudicating him as the best ODI batter of 2025 for his glorious knock of 177 played against England in the @ICC Men's Champions Trophy. This is an extremely proud moment for his fans.🏅👑 🇦🇫

Glamorgan has signed Fazalhaq Farooqi for the entire season of Vitality Blast 2026. - @fazalfarooqi10

@IZadran18 @ESPNcricinfo Undoubtedly this is the best ODI knock played by an Afghan batter. That's how @IZadran18 stamped his class at the world podium. I still feel he has not got his due credit. His game must be talked about more by experts.

Grateful for the recognition. Thank you @ESPNcricinfo

So it is clear that the board wants to waste another world cup through compromised selections based on nepotism & favouritism. #CompromisedACB 🇦🇫 🤦😡👎

Is this your personal thought or the board has clarified this in the press conference or it has come out through some internal sources within the board?

More than 20 hours have passed since the cricket board has announced Ibrahim Zadran as the skipper of the T20I squad but sadly are yet to thank Rashid Khan for his services. Based on this marker itself it can be easily concluded how ungrateful & unprofessional this organization behaves. The reasons cited for this sudden change of leadership doesn't make any credible sense. Let's decode this through another angle. Fazalhaq Farooqi & Gulbadin Naib are dropped from the squad due to poor performances in the world cup. Fair enough call. But whom do the selectors fall back on. They replaced Fazal with Farid Malik & Naib with Sharafuddin Ashraf who are even worse choices. Not that these two have made killer performances in domestic & international events but they have been tried & tested on numerous occasions before but couldn't justify their inclusions with match winning contributions. Farid Malik & Sharafuddin are well past their thirties, have nothing to show in their CV's & definitely cannot be looked as future of Afghanistan cricket. They are nothing but products of nepotism & favouritism & are not worth a penny. Ibrahim is one of the finest players to have played for Afghanistan. He is dependable & consistent. Time was apt to make him the skipper of ODI's & Tests looking at building a strong & modern team for the upcoming 2027 World Cup. But instead the board made him the T20I skipper where he is still a work in progress. Ironnically, Hashmatullah Shahidi, whose technique, intent & strike rate was always under the radar, has been reinstated as the ODI skipper. These crazy irrational steps makes you believe that this board behaves like a headless chicken where vision is an alien thing in their priority. Rashid had flaws in his captaincy. But he is a star performer & no one can deny that. At least he used to set examples as a leader through consistent performances but the board needed a yes man for their job. If Ibrahim wants to go ahead with non performers like Farid Malik & Sharafuddin, then he should be ready to face media backlashes for promoting mediocrity by sacrificing national interests. Share your thoughts. #AFGvSL #WhiteBallSeries #CaptaincyDrama #Nepotism #Favoritism #CluelessBoard #VisionlessCricket #SackHashmatullah #DropFaridMalik #RemoveSharafuddin @MirwaisAshraf16 @SNaseemSadaat @NaseebAFGcric @IZadran18

The cricket board is yet to thank @rashidkhan_19 for his services throught it's official handle. This is so unprofessional. They're so focussed on the new power shift that they do not really care about professional work ethics. That is why it is famously believed that only Afghans can destabilise an already set structure by their own hands. Getting those pre 2019 world cup vibes. The castle is about to fall once again but may disintegrate in a sophisticated fashion this time. #AFGvSL #CaptaincyChange

Ibrahim had to be the skipper of ODI's & Tests but the jokers of the cricket board made him in charge of the T20Is to safeguard the future of Hashmat. Horrible decision by @ACBofficials. @IZadran18 👎 #AFGvSL

Selection of Hashmat, Sharafuddin & Farid Malik is a farce on fair selections. Pity on @ACBofficials vision for the future. 👎 #AFGvSL

In accordance with FTP, BCCI have released the itinerary of a bilateral with Afghanistan in the month of June soon after the IPL is done. The series will kick off with a solitary test to be played in Mullanpur followed by a sequence of 3 ODI's to be played in Dharamsala, Lucknow & Chennai respectively. #AFGvIND

Richard Pybus: Afghanistan's Future seems exciting 🏏 New Afghanistan head coach Richard Pybus is all in. In an exclusive Cricbuzz interview, he made one thing crystal clear: "I have no issues working in Afghanistan. I'm looking forward to seeing the talent there." Here's what matters: Pybus will work on the ground in Afghanistan to scout young talent and build a stronger bench. This could be a game-changer for Afghan cricket's future. The ACB has made it mandatory for coaches to be present in the country. This approach will help identify the next generation of Afghan stars. His first test? Afghanistan's white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in March. T20Is and ODIs will show if the new strategy is working. Are you excited about Afghanistan's future? Let us know! #AfghanistanCricket #HeadCoach #RichardPybus #BackupBuilding #Future

ACB appoints experienced England born master strategiest of South African domestic cricket, Dr. Richard Pybus as the head coach of Afghanistan national team ahead of the white ball series against Sri Lanka. Let's wish that his revolutionary techniques takes the performances of the boys a notch higher during the tenure. #NewHeadCoach #Afghanistan #RichardPybus @MirwaisAshraf16 @NaseebAFGcric @SNaseemSadaat

The dates for the upcoming white ball series against Sri Lanka are out. The bilateral would kick off with 3 T20I's in Sharjah followed by 3 ODI's in Dubai. ACB is expected to announce the new head coach before this series. #AFGvSL #AfghanAtalan