After a closely fought one-off Test which saw Ireland winning in the longest format for the first time, they will now facew Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series starting from March 7. All the matches of the series will be played in Sharjah at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
The star wicketkeeper batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz is in line to make his potential Test debut while the star spinner Rashid Khan continues to miss due to a delay in his injury recovery, paving the way for uncapped legspinner Khalil Gurbaz.
The star opener Pathum Nissanka broke Sanath Jayasuriya's highest individual score of 189 in ODIs for Sri Lanka and then became the first-ever cricketer from the island nation to score a double century in ODI cricket history.
The star spinner Rashid Khan hasn't played any competitive cricket due to a back injury since the conclusion of the ICC World Cup 2023 in November but was reportedly expected to make his return in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting on February 9.
Angelo Mathews registered his 16th Test hundred by smashing 141 off 259 as Sri Lanka posted 410/6 at the end of Day 2 of the only Test match against Afghanistan. Mathews threw away his wicket when only three were left to play on Saturday.
The experienced batter Rahmat Shah scored 91 off 139 balls to single-handedly keep Afghanistan on track for a challenging total in the first innings of the only Test match against Sri Lanka at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
The U19 World Cup saw its first thriller with Afghanistan making New Zealand sweat for every single run while chasing a modest total of just 91 runs. New Zealand got home by just one wicket but not before the non-striker run out drama that saw the Kiwis lose their 9th wicket.
India's ace batter Virat Kohli suffered a maiden golden duck in the third T20I game against Afghanistan at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday but was sensational in the field to clinch the official fielder of the match award.
Captain Rohit Sharma smashed his fifth T20I hundred by smashing an unbeaten 121 runs and rising Rinku Singh added 69* off just 39 balls to help India score 212 runs batting first but it was not enough as Afghanistan batters registered three fifties to take the game to super over.
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first in the third T20I game against Afghanistan at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav and Avesh Khan came into the playing XI for the hosts while Afghanistan made four changes to their team.
In-form pacer Arshdeep Singh took three wickets and Axar Patel bagged two to help India bowl out Afghanistan on just 172 runs at Indore's Holkar Cricket Stadium. Then Mumbai cricketers Jaiswal and Dube registered fifties each to guide India to an easy win.
Playing his 150th T20I match, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma suffered another golden duck to concede an unwanted T20 record during the second T20I game against Afghanistan at Indore's Holkar Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the crucial toss at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore and elected to bowl first in the second consecutive game. Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal came into the playing XI for India while Afghanistan made one change.
Rohit Sharma returns after 14 months to captain the Indian cricket team in the first T20I match against Afghanistan at Mohali's PCA IS Bindra Stadium on Thursday. Virat Kohli is also back to T20I cricket but misses the opening game of the series due to personal reasons.
Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team enters the upcoming three-match T20I series against Afghanistan as favourites as they remain unbeaten in five matches played between the two teams with four wins and one game abandoned.
Despite scoring two fifties against Australia in the T20I series after World Cup 2023, the wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan was dropped from the team for the recent South Africa tour and now also misses out on the squad for the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan.
Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma last played T20I cricket during the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final but are set to make their return to the shortest format of the game in the upcoming series against Afghanistan starting on January 11.
Star Indian cricketers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are set to make their T20I return after a gap of 14 months and are also expected to make the team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and USA starting on January 1.
Rashid Khan who is the T20I skipper of Afghanistan is currently recuperating from back surgery and hence Ibrahim Zadran has been named the stand-in skipper of the team for the series.
UAE and Afghanistan are set to face each other in the three-match T20I series starting from December 29 with all matches scheduled to be played in Sharjah. While UAE have nothing much to look forward to, Afghanistan will be keen on preparing for the T20 World Cup next year.
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