Afghanistan all-rounder and former captain Gulbadin Naib came under scrutiny with a sudden cramp while standing in the slips as soon as Jonathan Trott asked his players to slow the game down. Afghanistan beat Bangladesh to get into the semi-finals for the first time in an ICC event.
Afghanistan are a part of Group C alongside Uganda, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the co-hosts West Indies whereas the 2014 T20 world champions, Sri Lanka are in Group D alongside South Africa, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Delhi Capitals will take on the Mumbai Indians in their 10th match of the 2024 edition of the IPL at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The Capitals made a couple of key changes in the game against Gujarat Titans and two more are expected on Saturday with Mitchell Marsh's replacement now available.
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.
Rain ruined the fun of a final in the Asian Games as India were declared winners of the continental event by virtue of being a higher-seeded team as compared to Afghanistan. It was a gloomy day in Hangzhou as the bronze medal match was also reduced to a five-over clash.
Veteran allrounder Gulbadin Naib has been given the responsibility to lead the 15-member men's squad at the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games 2023. The team looks fairly balanced on paper and has a good mix of experience and youth.
Gulbadin Naib alleged that some players deliberately underperformed in the 2019 World Cup -- where Afghanistan lost all their nine matches.
Afghanistan failed to win even a single game out of all the nine matches they played in the group stage of the tournament and ended at the bottom of the points table.
Former Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib has targetted senior cricketers for the poor show of Afghanistan team in the World Cup and claimed that 'they were laughing instead of being sad after defeats.'
Bumrah's second spell, in which he took two wickets in a single over, tilted the game in favour of India, according to Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib.
Rashid Khan made the statement when asked if his relationship with skipper Gulbadin Naib has strained for voicing his displeasure at the change of captaincy.
Afghanistan's game plan isn't a secret, with its bowling attack built around a spin department led by Rashid Khan.
Rashid Khan did not come out to bowl after being hit on the head by a sharp Lockie Ferguson bouncer in the first innings.
Afghanistan bowlers conceded 35 extras, which hurt them in the end as they lost by 34 runs.
Najibullah Zadran was particularly impressive with the bat against and Gulbadin believes his side are more than capable of posting a big total against Sri Lanka.
After Afghan was sacked, Naib was given the charge for ODI while Rahmat Shah and Rashid Khan were given the charge for Test side and T20I, respectively.
It marked the end of Asghar Afghan's four-year stint as captain of the Afghanistan team across the three formats.
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