rkt.india Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) Quote Afghanistan will play their inaugural Test between June 14 and 18 in Bengaluru against India. The announcement was made after officials from both the BCCI and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) met in Delhi on Tuesday. Never before has a Test match been played in India in the month of June. In December last year, the Indian board agreed to host Afghanistan's debut Test. The match will be played one year after Afghanistan were inducted as a Full Member by the ICC - along with Ireland - in June 2017. Before the Test, Afghanistan will play a warm-up match, most likely a three-day game, the schedule for which will be announced later. Despite being a country with a history of conflict, Afghanistan have taken impressive strides across all levels in world cricket. They qualified to play their first-ever ODI World Cup in 2015 and are likely to be a strong contender at the 2019 World Cup Qualifiers in March. Although the national players have training bases overseas - in Delhi and the UAE - the ACB, with help from the ICC, has initiated development programmes at the grass-roots level over the past decade. According to Shafiqullah Stanikzai, the ACB chief executive officer, the BCCI has agreed to provide more exposure to Afghanistan players and also help out in the overall development of their cricket. "Our junior cricketers - from Under-17s to emerging sides to the A teams - will be having regular tours to India," Stanikzai said. "In addition, the BCCI has said it will provide technical support, and merge Afghanistan in their education programmes - coaching, umpiring, curators, performance analysts, speicialised coaching - and help us wherever it can." The BCCI has also approved the ACB's request to have a second training base in India, in addition to the existing one in Greater Noida on the outskirts of Delhi. ACB officials are scheduled to carry out a recce of two more venues, both in northern India, before finalising their choice. Afghanistan will be the fourth team to play their maiden Test against India, following Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22119338/afghanistan-test-debut-set-june-bengaluru test match in June? how would be the weather? Edited January 17, 2018 by rkt.india Link to comment
velu Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 End of the summer and usually it Rains regularly in june Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Please give youngsters a chance Really need to try a few batsman and few fast bowlers beetle 1 Link to comment
velu Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Please give youngsters a chance Really need to try a few batsman and few fast bowlers how about bringign back rayudu ? beetle 1 Link to comment
sergio04 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 another double hundred from king kohli and 150 from dhawan and 100 * from tailunt Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Please give youngsters a chance Really need to try a few batsman and few fast bowlers how about every member of the playing XI should be making their debut... otherwise it will not be fair to them... beetle 1 Link to comment
chewy Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Rashid Khan is going to cause havoc, this is a slippery game Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Temujin Khaghan said: how about every member of the playing XI should be making their debut... otherwise it will not be fair to them... Not a bad idea....not all but quite a few 6 minutes ago, velu said: how about bringign back rayudu ? he shud shift to a minnow nation to have a long career Link to comment
saik Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Great "preparation" before the England Tour Nonbeliever 1 Link to comment
beetle Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 7 hours ago, rkt.india said: http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22119338/afghanistan-test-debut-set-june-bengaluru test match in June? how would be the weather? Considering we are willing to take a chance with youngsters....the present team should be able to win in 2and half days. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, chewy said: Rashid Khan is going to cause havoc, this is a slippery game he is such an ordinary spinner Link to comment
velu Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 22 minutes ago, rkt.india said: he is such an ordinary spinner check his BBL performance Link to comment
chewy Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 2 hours ago, rkt.india said: he is such an ordinary spinner That’s the worry!!! Some times our batsmen get done by newbies too easily, and this is one off match Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 2 hours ago, rkt.india said: he is such an ordinary spinner Passed your comments on , They can't wait for it to happen Link to comment
maniac Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, chewy said: Rashid Khan is going to cause havoc, this is a slippery game But they won’t have the batting to compete...even if their spinners spring a surprise and knock us out for a relatively low score,their batsmen will be rolled over by our spinners for sub par scores...happens usually with newbie teams or minnows. Edited January 17, 2018 by maniac Link to comment
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