NEW DELHI: Ibrahim Zadran has been named the new T20I captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team for the upcoming white-ball series against the Sri Lanka national cricket team. The decision was announced by the Afghanistan Cricket Board after the team’s disappointing performance in the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, where Afghanistan were eliminated…
TimesofIndia.com in New Delhi: How many days do you think one needs to recover from the heartbreak of falling in a double Super Over? Five days, is it enough? Well, Afghanistan flirted with the possibility of another Super Over, or even a defeat, but eventually overcame the finish line by five wickets, with four balls…
NEW DELHI: Heartbreak in cricket can linger and recur in fragments long after the game is over. For Afghanistan, the double Super Over defeat to South Africa in Ahmedabad was one such moment. A match that slipped through their fingers more than once and now threatens to derail their T20 World Cup campaign. Captain Rashid…
Afghanistan’s cricketers have traveled continents, lifted trophies and gained global recognition, but one deeply personal ambition remains unrealized – the chance to play an international match in their own country. For Rashid Khan, that absence still weighs more than any silver objects collected abroad. Decades of conflict have meant Afghanistan has never hosted a full…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, both sides said on Sunday, after a week of fierce border clashes, the worst violence between the South Asian neighbors since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021. The ceasefire “has been finalized,” Pakistani Defense Minister…
The Taliban’s foreign minister faced questions about banning Afghan girls and women from education and work as he sat for a rare press conference in Delhi on Sunday, attended by female journalists. Amir Khan Muttaqi, UN-sanctioned leader and senior minister of the de facto Taliban regime in Afghanistan, stated that the education of girls and…
