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Afghanistan will represent the country in the Twenty20 World Cup, Afghanistan Cricket Board said.
ACB’s media manager claimed the T20 World Cup preparations are in progress
Afghanistan is in Group 2, with India, Pakistan, and New Zealand, in the Cricket World Cup 2015.
It has been made very plain to the Afghanistan Cricket Board that the team will be ready to go in the UAE when the T20 World Cup gets begins.
Concerns have been expressed about the Afghanistan team’s readiness to compete in the 2018 T20 World Cup due to the ongoing strife in the country. It’s been made plain to the Afghanistan Cricket Board that the team would be prepared to play once the main event begins in Dubai. He told ANI that there is no uncertainty regarding Afghanistan’s participation in the T20 World Cup, and the board is anxious to take part in a tri-series that involves Australia and the West Indies for better preparation.
It is correct that we will be participating in the T20 World Cup.” The preparations are underway, and players who were away on international duty will be eligible to join practice upon their return to Kabul in the coming days. The tri-series featuring Australia and the West Indies will help us prepare for the flagship event. In addition, we are also speaking to places like Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Let’s find out whether that works.
As you can see, we are already playing Pakistan in Hambantota, and the upcoming series is as well. Furthermore, we are in the process of launching a domestic T20 event to help the players prepare for the World T20, he said.
He said that the board authorities had reached out to both Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi to ensure that they and their families were doing okay because they were not in the country. No matter what, we will help them in any way possible. Because we are already back in the workplace, nothing will change in Kabul.
The two groups for the T20 World Cup, which were chosen based on team rankings as of March 20, 2021, will consist of the defending champions, the West Indies, alongside the other three former champions, England, Australia, and South Africa, who will be grouped together in Group 1 of the Super 12s. Qualifying participants from the first round will be added to complete the eight-team group.
Group 2 will consist of former champions India and Pakistan, together with the other two qualifiers from Round 1, along with Afghanistan and New Zealand. There will be eight teams in the first round, which are the automatic qualifiers for the 2019 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh together with the other six countries that earned their spots in the Qualifier by finishing in the top two of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019.
In Group A, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Namibia all participate, while Oman, Papua New Guinea, and Scotland are grouped together in Group B.
