Afghanistan Cricket Team

Asghar Afghan Exclusive: 'Every Afghanistan player wanted to beat Pakistan, there was so much celebratory firing'

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan picked the standout moment from his team's stellar 2023 ICC World Cup campaign and also described fiery celebrations back home in detail.

'Regret not dialing the number': Asghar Afghan says he wanted to call Afghanistan manager during Glenn Maxwell's knock

Afghanistan registered four victories in a remarkable World Cup campaign and nearly defeated eventual winners Australia along the way, only to be undone by Maxwell and his breathtaking 201 not out.

World Cup 2023: Afghanistan walk away after commendable campaign

Afghanistan produced their best World Cup campaign with some incredible wins and have cause to be optimistic for the future.

World Cup 2023: What Afghanistan's commanding victory over Pakistan means for the war-torn nation

Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in their ICC World Cup meeting in Chennai on Monday, ending their winless ODI run against their neighbours and also pulling off one of the most defining victories of their cricketing journey.

World Cup 2023: Netherlands and Afghanistan finally light up a flagging tournament

Netherlands showcase why we need more Associate nations at the World Cup, following a 38-run triumph over South Africa

World Cup 2023: Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz reprimanded for breaching ICC Code of Conduct during England match

Gurbaz had been found guilty by the ICC for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during his team's meeting with England at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday.

ICC World Cup Factbox: How Afghanistan have fared in quadrennial showpiece event over the years

Come the 2023 World Cup, Afghanistan would hope to forget the ghosts of their last two World Cup campaigns and start from scratch, with a fresh mindset.

Asia Cup 2023: Afghanistan run Sri Lanka close in Super 4 chase, were unaware of NRR permutations

Afghanistan needed to scale the 292 run target against Sri Lanka in 37.1 overs to qualify for the Super 4s of the Asia Cup.

'We believe magic will happen': Afghanistan's female cricketers plead with ICC to resume national team cricket

Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021 led to the disbanding of the women's cricket team as most of the cricketers fled to Australia for their safety.

Asia Cup 2023: Afghanistan include Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf in 17-man squad

As for the side that faced Pakistan in the three ODIs in Sri Lanka, Wafadar Momand and Azmatullah Omarzai are the two players who were left out of the Asia Cup squad.