Cricket Information: Afghanistan to host India for T20I sequence in Delhi in September | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: For the primary time of their cricket historical past, Afghanistan are going to host India in a global sequence this 12 months. However the venue would be the nationwide capital of India. TOI has learnt that plans are afoot for Afghanistan to host three T20Is towards India on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Sept.An official announcement is awaited, however the matches are slated to be performed on Sept 13, 16 and 19. Afghanistan are touring India for a one-off Take a look at and three ODIs ranging from June 6. TOI understands that the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) approached the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) for a return tour. “BCCI and ACB share a superb relationship. BCCI has been serving to different boards like Eire, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe by sending Indian groups to play a sequence there to spice up the funds of these board. An understanding has been reached between BCCI and ACB on this regard. An official announcement will probably be made after just a few modalities are accomplished,” a BCCI supply informed TOI.“The BCCI mediated an understanding between ACB the Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) for availability to be the house base for Afghanistan for the sequence. The DDCA can be scheduling its Delhi Premier League T20 accordingly,” the supply added.Afghanistan have been enjoying their dwelling video games in India and UAE over the past decade because of persisting geopolitical points in Afghanistan. Beforehand, Afghanistan hosted Eire in a sequence in Larger Noida in 2017 earlier than internet hosting Bangladesh for a T20I sequence in Dehradun in 2018. They moved their base to UAE after that earlier than scheduling a Take a look at match towards a full-strength New Zealand workforce in Larger Noida in Sept 2024. The match was deserted with no ball being bowled because of a poor outfield after a day of rain two days earlier than the Take a look at. Afghanistan performed their subsequent dwelling sequence in Sharjah.“The itinerary has been shared with India’s nationwide choice committee since they’ve to select a 15-member T20 workforce for the Asian Video games in late Sept. The cricket occasion at Asian Video games is because of begin on Sept 23. The selectors will choose the workforce accordingly,” the BCCI supply mentioned.