IND vs AFG: In a major development, Afghanistan will tour India for a short series after the World Test Championship (WTC) final (June 7-11) The tour will likely start on June second week, with Afghanistan set to travel to India to play the series after five years. Afghanistan and India last faced in 2018 in a one-off Test in Bangalore, which was the Afghans’ debut in the Test format. After that Test, India and Afghanistan have not played bilateral series and have faced each other only during ICC tournaments. Follow IND vs AFG Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
“Yes, the Afghanistan Cricket Team will undertake a short tour to India in June, after World Test Championship Final (At the Oval from June 7-11),” a source in the BCCI told TOI.
The India-Afghanistan series will likely happen before India’s tour of West Indies in July. The Men in Blue are set to play two Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is in West Indies. The itinerary of the Afghanistan tour of India is not yet confirmed, but an official announcement regarding the same will be announced by either of the two cricketing boards.
IND vs AFG: BCCI continues to support Afghanistan cricket, despite the Taliban taking over in August 2021
For the unversed, India has always been supportive of Afghanistan despite the takeover of Taliban in August 2021. In the past, BCCI have also provided Afghans with its cricket venues in Greater Noida, Lucknow, and Dehradun. Australia canceled its series against Afghanistan in 2022 after Taliban banned the women’s cricket team in Afghanistan. Full membership of ICC requires a women’s team. Earlier In match 2023, Afghanistan’s’ full membership in ICC barely survived after ICC concluded that it is not ACB at fault, but its government.
Imran Khawaja ICCs’ deputy chairman and head of the working group had a meeting with ACB and Taliban in Doha twice in November. At that time, the working committee concluded that the matter of the Afghanistan women’s team is beyond the control of ACB. As of now, BCCI have not raised the issue regarding Taliban banning Afghanistan women’s team.
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