The ACB represents Afghanistan Cricket.
They decided to attack a Muslim country like ours. Playing with them or letting their players play here is treason
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The ACB represents Afghanistan Cricket.
They decided to attack a Muslim country like ours. Playing with them or letting their players play here is treason
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This is true. No one is blaming individual Afghan players, but if their board is taking a hostile stance, PCB either needs clarification and either the ACB will need to ditch their policy or PCB will have to reciprocate with a similar policy for Afghanistan.
But it seems the ACB are happy to let Pakistani players play in their league, so I don't see why we should be any different either. It should be like for like policy.
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I demand Imran Khan to demand PCB to demand ACB to send an apology asap. Otherwise we should boycott Aghanistan cricket team and cricketers at all future events. There is something called self respect!
)That's a lot of demands buddy
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Would love to see this guy face right now
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Nothing to be smug about. We got almost beat by Afghanistan and in cricketing rating terms it’s a minnow, yet they almost beat us.
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Well they beat SL and BD with ease, dont think they are minnows at least in these conditions.
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With those 3 spinners they are not minnows, just an inexperienced side. Afg can defend 250 against any team right now(track with some spin or slow)
But the way they lost tonight will hurt them as still they have not beaten Pak in an ODI and long this may continue.
But the way they lost tonight will hurt them as still they have not beaten Pak in an ODI and long this may continue.
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I am not here to incite hatred but to promote self pride.
Why has PCB decided to send our boys to Afghanistan on a bilateral series this year?
Why are we so desperate to support them?
Why has PCB decided to send our boys to Afghanistan on a bilateral series this year?
Why are we so desperate to support them?
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Sorry for my ignorance but who is Asif Ghafoor?
Remember the name, Major Asif Ghafoor!
History will remember him as the man who promised a huge surprise 24 hours before delivering it to India!
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Pretty sure the series is supposed to take place in UAE, one of Afghanistan's two adopted homes.
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Pakistan not send its team to Afghanistan.The civil in Afghanistan is going to spread to all parts of the country when American’s leave.It is an extremely dangerous country.
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Are they actually sending the team to Afghanistan? Is it a joke or what? Does PCB care about the safety or wellbeing of its employees?
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I am sure as Afghanistan host their home series in India or UAE.
Afghanistan is one of the most overrated minnow sides in world cricket. They have improved but they still have a long way to go. Even after giving Pakistan and India a tough time in the World Cup games they ended up losing all 9 games, most of them badly yet they try claim they are world beaters and “better than Pakistan”.
They are heavily reliant on their spin trio of (Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb) don’t have a single quality pacer or proper batsman with techniques. They have a few hard hitting batsman who may play a good innings here and there but most of them have a Pathan mentality hence they end up batting like Afridi most of the time. Plus the arrogance of their skipper Gulbadin Naib is out of this world so no wonder they are lacking behind after getting so much cricketing development and support from Pakistan and India over the years.
Even their chairman was making these foolish statements rather than looking at the bitter truth.
Shoaib akhtar gave the perfect reply to these ungrateful jokers who hold Pakistani passports yet won’t admit it and badmouth Pakistan just because their daddy India has hostile relations with Pakistan.
Some of them like Rashid khan were born in Peshawar and if someone can blatantly lie about their age and claim they are 22 instead of 31 they can definitely list nangahar as their birth place on their afghani ID.
Plus no matter how bad Pakistan and India’s relations have been which is nothing compared to Afghanistan. I’ve never seen a more immature and incompetent crowd than headingley during the Pakistan game. They had the audacity to be flying the “free balochistan” flag before the game and were constantly swearing and fighting with the Pakistani fans.
Should’ve seen the sore losers after the game when they ran onto the field throwing tantrums like 8 years holding onto Wahab and Imad till security pulled them back. I’m all for full members helping associate sides develop but Afghanistan don’t deserve it if this is how they react with a country that has helped them for so long whether it was politically or cricket.
It’s better if Pakistan play with teams like Bangladesh, Ireland and Zimbabwe if they want to help weaker teams or even Sri Lanka and West Indies who are declining in the longer formats.
They are heavily reliant on their spin trio of (Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb) don’t have a single quality pacer or proper batsman with techniques. They have a few hard hitting batsman who may play a good innings here and there but most of them have a Pathan mentality hence they end up batting like Afridi most of the time. Plus the arrogance of their skipper Gulbadin Naib is out of this world so no wonder they are lacking behind after getting so much cricketing development and support from Pakistan and India over the years.
Even their chairman was making these foolish statements rather than looking at the bitter truth.
Shoaib akhtar gave the perfect reply to these ungrateful jokers who hold Pakistani passports yet won’t admit it and badmouth Pakistan just because their daddy India has hostile relations with Pakistan.
Some of them like Rashid khan were born in Peshawar and if someone can blatantly lie about their age and claim they are 22 instead of 31 they can definitely list nangahar as their birth place on their afghani ID.
Plus no matter how bad Pakistan and India’s relations have been which is nothing compared to Afghanistan. I’ve never seen a more immature and incompetent crowd than headingley during the Pakistan game. They had the audacity to be flying the “free balochistan” flag before the game and were constantly swearing and fighting with the Pakistani fans.
Should’ve seen the sore losers after the game when they ran onto the field throwing tantrums like 8 years holding onto Wahab and Imad till security pulled them back. I’m all for full members helping associate sides develop but Afghanistan don’t deserve it if this is how they react with a country that has helped them for so long whether it was politically or cricket.
It’s better if Pakistan play with teams like Bangladesh, Ireland and Zimbabwe if they want to help weaker teams or even Sri Lanka and West Indies who are declining in the longer formats.
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I'm sure it will be in UAE if it happens.
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Sure but why would we want to play them in a bilateral series without demanding a public apology for the trash that they have been throwing at us?
It may have been the direction given by Imran Khan for this forced one sided brotherhood.
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Completely cancel out ACB and ban their players in Pakistan.
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What benefit do we have playing against them?
Rather see our players play against each other in domestic.
Rather see our players play against each other in domestic.
Most probably political undertones to this.
The politicians telling PCB to play the series, not asking PCB.
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The more cricket for pakistan the better , i dont care if we play swaziland.
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It is a pretty pathetic statement in the OP by the Afghan cricket board. How could PCB resume cricket with Afghanistan without having public apology to Pak cricket fans for what they have done by this statement and cancelling tour when their tour would have helped us our cause.
They chickened out to please India and BCCI in our most tough times then why do we need to play such minnow team now?
They chickened out to please India and BCCI in our most tough times then why do we need to play such minnow team now?
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Playing low quality teams is not the reason. It is the pathetic statement issued by Afghan cricket board and their refusal to tour to please their masters when we needed them to tour the most.
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Not to mention Afghan cricket fans attack our fans who were with their families when they lost against Pakistan last time we played. Never ever I have been witness to such a stinking level of hostility.
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Exactly. They are a thankless bunch. Don't want to sound mean or hateful but that's reality. Their heads are in the clouds when it comes to Pakistan despite Pakistan showing more friendship and helping them in their tough times. so it is best to ignore them until they sort themselves out. PCB should rather try to help some other minnow team. At lesst they will thank us later.
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If this is true then probably needs to be posted in a new thread as it makes no sense to post it in a thread with such a contradictory headline.
Last November.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has visited neighbouring Afghanistan, where he vowed to “do everything” to help curb violence and push for a ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan forces.
“We notice with concern that the level of violence despite the talks in Qatar, is rising,” Khan said in a press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Khan said he had chosen this moment to visit Kabul to assure the Afghan government that “Pakistan will do everything, whatever is possible, we will do to help reduce this violence and in fact move towards a ceasefire”.
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Decisions like that by us Pakistanis is one of the reasons others disrespect us without having second thoughts.
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we should ignore that and play as much cricket as possible. We are already playing very little cricket , cant really filter out more teams.
It's not just ICC, the Boards have to agree also.
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I hope there will be adequate security at the venue because often such matches result in brawl between the two group of fans. Last time many Pakistan fans were beaten up by Afghans in England. They really hate Pakistan with passion. Even Indians get along quite well with Pakistanis than Afghans.
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I dont believe politics and sport should be mixed together but when the other cricket board blatantly calls you a terrorist then no need to play.
Hope someone from the Pakistan think tank have an inch of pride left in them to cancel this damn series. I rather we play Nepal or dont play at all.
Hope someone from the Pakistan think tank have an inch of pride left in them to cancel this damn series. I rather we play Nepal or dont play at all.
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That only shows some of them still have the barbaric and savage mentality which can't be justified in any condition
However the flipside of sports and politics and one of the arguments is can we justify if Muslim countries can boycot Israel in sports
Or other countries can boycot apartheid South Africa
Would you support that?
Disgusting and appalling scenes, largely due to Afghan fans entering the stadium without tickets and then fighting Pakistani fans.
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Aghans and to a lesser extent Bangladeshi fans need to learn a bit at being responsible and respectable.
I don't care if this offends anyone but sometimes their fans are an absolute nuisance.
Like i said, no rivalry in history of sports runs as deep and is intense as India vs Pakistan but luckily the fans and even the teams get on so well with each other.
Got to play hard on the field but treat it as a sport only.
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According to media report, Afghanistan will host Pakistan for an upcoming white-ball series to be held in the UAE, sources confirmed to Geo News on Sunday.
The cricket boards of the two countries are discussing the series, which is schedule to take place in August and September this year.
The series, which will include three One Day Internationals and an equal number of Twenty20s, will take place after Pakistan return from their tour of the West Indies, said sources.
Pakistan will host the New Zealand cricket team for a series in September, said sources.
The cricket boards of the two countries are discussing the series, which is schedule to take place in August and September this year.
The series, which will include three One Day Internationals and an equal number of Twenty20s, will take place after Pakistan return from their tour of the West Indies, said sources.
Pakistan will host the New Zealand cricket team for a series in September, said sources.
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I can understand why Pakistan plays Zimbabwe but I don’t know why it should play Afghanistan.
No regard for families or those trying to just watch a game of cricket. What was amazing was that many of the trouble-makers weren't young lads, they were mature men.
Many without tickets, many drunk and many high. Disgraceful and embarrassing scenes at Headingley.
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Not entirely accurate. Four Afghan supporters who were causing trouble were hospitlised from a service station on the way back from Leeds, after being set upon by a group of Pakistani supporters from London.
Why shouldn't it ?
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Why is this damn series happening?
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I can tell this series has got right up your nose lol.
But Misbah is seeking a contract extension.
I think we also need to take a step back and realise we are a mature cricket nation compared to Afghans who have mouthed off profusely.
But it seems to me the players from both teams are generally friendly towards one another owing partly to the PSL.
Not just that but each of those Afghani players have probably got Pakistani ID cards and all from a Peshawar background. We gave them a place to play domestic cricket when they had no facilities of their own, don't be slapping the hands of the people that raised you and backed you when nobody else did.
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Agreed. I highly doubt any Afghan actually sees the world through the Black&White lens that AFG cricket board seem to have on (at least from my experience).
I'm quite surprised how the statement passed through the entire ACB hierarchy. Seems like a statement that an Intern still wet behind the ears would come up with. I guess that's more of a reflection of ACB than us. Pakistan should play its part in developing AFG cricket because ultimately, we are neighbours/brothers, and we must grow out of these trivial skirmishes to be mutually beneficial.
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Just because Afghanistan has spewed vitriol against us in the past doesn't mean we should stoop to their level. Cricket should be left completely free of politics and any such nonsense. People watch cricket to escape the misery in life, rather than be constantly reminded of it. And once you start doing things like this, it sets a dangerous precedent and kickstarts a vicious circle that is repeated by both sides.
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I appreciate cricket needs to be free of politics and if Afghan government had made this statement that we support terrorism I would let it go.
But this statement was made by Afghan cricket board. I repeat Afghan cricket board.
There is a thing called self respect. I really really do not understand why our self respect is dead and we are living in this fake world of brotherhood.
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Just because someone said something about you doesn't automatically make it true. And by that approximation we should/should have boycotted relations with all the other countries that accused us of terrorism. Heck by that approximation we shouldn't play any cricket with India at all.
So no offence but it seems to me that you are advocating bullying ACB, less for principles, and more because we can. Which is something right out of the BCCI's playbook.
And we can play this game all day long but the simple fact is that it will benefit no one. Taking the high-road is what distinguishes the good people, from the truly vindictive and detestable ones. Forget about "this fake world of brotherhood" you think we are living in and think about the teachings of Islam, or any religion for that matter. Playing this game just isn't worth it. It serves no benefit but seeks to cause irreparable damage to this great game we all love.
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Afghanistan is a good team not to be taken lightly, a lot of match winners who can single-handedly win games on their own
Please lets not play these Afghans. Other teams hardly play them where as we are always so desperate to play anyone. Next we will be begging the UAE to play is in a five test series. We are only embarrassing and belittling ourselves here by playing a so called country whose players learnt how to play in our refugee camps. I find it very humiliating.
100% agreed. A lot of Pakistanis have this weird obsession with brotherhood which is never reciprocated and only results in the country/cricket board and the team losing its self respect. There are times when one needs to stand up for one's self and ensure that not every Tom Dick and Harry can malign them and get away with it scott-free.
ACB called your country a supporter of terrorism. Anyone advocating for normal relations with them, without even an apology, needs to have some dignity.
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"These Afghans"
Do you understand how bad that sounds?
We are talking about the Cricket team here - stick to talking about the sport and lets leave politics and who said what etc somewhere else.
It's very likely that the political climate will cool down in the nest month or so and all this talk will look silly.
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Pakistan has no self-respect unlike India and Afghanistan. Pakistan stands to gain nothing from this tour. Earlier today the Vice President the Afghan Vice President insulted Pakistanis unprovoked and a few months earlier the Afghan NSA said Pakistanis were prostitutes or something along those lines, well clearly we're proving his point - we're holding a series with them in spite of everything going on just to make some money, get some rating points and improve Misbah's abysmal record.
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Afg has been a war torn area for over 30 years and there is still a power struggle/riot going inside the country. The geopolitical situation of the land is very scary as well being honest. Don't know if their government is to be trusted or not or whether their players hold the same views about Pakistan as their board who is pretty obviously their government appointed organization. Don't have any thing against their players unless they are vocally anti Pakistan. But their cricket board is a poorly run organization surrounded by clouds of uncertainty about it's future.
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+1 i would prefer not playing them
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This has the potential to develop into a great cricketing rivalry if Afghanistan actually develop into a decent team.
Has all the political needle of an Indo-Pak affair but unfortunately on a cricketing level, Afghanistan are far behind Pakistan. That said, the match between the two in the last world cup was a very exciting one and went down to the wire.
Has all the political needle of an Indo-Pak affair but unfortunately on a cricketing level, Afghanistan are far behind Pakistan. That said, the match between the two in the last world cup was a very exciting one and went down to the wire.
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The PCB has no shame at all.
If they want to play a series, the PCB should have demanded an official apology from the Afghan officials after they literally accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism and refused to play us in the past.
The PCB and all of their big names (Mani, Wasim and Misbah) should just hang their heads in shame.
If they want to play a series, the PCB should have demanded an official apology from the Afghan officials after they literally accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism and refused to play us in the past.
The PCB and all of their big names (Mani, Wasim and Misbah) should just hang their heads in shame.
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Normally I would agree with you - but BCCI and ACB have shown that it is not how the world works today..
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Of course Pakistan has something to gain. One has to understand that a certain neighbour is pumping a lot of money into driving a wedge between Pakistan and the other two major Muslim cricket nations so we will continue to hear sponsored statements from unrepresentative govt leaders against Pakistan.
What is the alternative? Just cut ourselves off from the rest of the cricket world and let the BCCI plan come to fruition?
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Pakistan should play and test bench strength..since it is one sayers so please no tullas...upcoming talent with some seniors should play.these days Pakistan play onedayers as if they are playing T20 ..so think and consolidate team ..my 11 shall be
Shaan masood
Imam ul haq
Haider Ali
Haris Sohail
Harris (wk)
Qasim Akram
Nawaz
Mohd wasim jnr.
Usman Qadir
Sameen Gul
Dhani
Shaan masood
Imam ul haq
Haider Ali
Haris Sohail
Harris (wk)
Qasim Akram
Nawaz
Mohd wasim jnr.
Usman Qadir
Sameen Gul
Dhani
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It's not an obsession. It's the reality. Pakistan gains no benefit by harbouring ill-feeling toward its neighbours over trivial matters and minor hiccups (which in the grand scheme of things, the ACB is).
If you're averse to looking at it from the 'brotherhood lens, try looking at it the pragmatic way. Pakistan and Afghanistan are neighbours. Neither is going anywhere (hopefully). We will have to play each other eventually. Why not make the first move, transcend the petty back and forth, engage like a mature cricketing board and set an example? By accepting their invitation rather than rejecting on the basis of that statement following the Kabul attack, we don't offer ACB any unnecessary leverage to pivot their dislike on.
There are political inconveniences at play at the moment and PCB has a role to play in calming the tensions on both sides. Anything less, and it would not be befitting a responsible and nuanced organization.
These Afghans as opposed to I being a Pakistani sounds fine to me. I said nothing about politics here at all, you are bringing politics in to the debate. What I am saying is that playing Afghanistan does not help improve our Cricket in any way. We need to be playing top class sides instead of poor teams.
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"These Afghans" is a generalization. Rest of your views are yours - and you have every right to express them.
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I back Afghanistan to cause a threat in any T20 or ODI against Pakistan.
Tests - as we saw when they played that one-off test against us, they're out of the league.
Tests - as we saw when they played that one-off test against us, they're out of the league.
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I don’t know why people are getting mad when whatever the guy said is true.
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Which class sides should we be playing instead of Afghanistan? Please do tell.
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PCB and the govt are a joke. The ACB insulted you in media and still you are doing series with them?
PCB should had come out and said that a series with Afghanistan is only possible when the ACB apologies for the remarks they gave in media. The apology should be done in a press conference.
Cricket with Afghanistan is only Afghanistans gain, not Pakistan. Pakistan didn't had to play Afghanistan, Afghanistan needs to play with Pakistan.
I love Afghanistan cricket, I like watching their cricket. But you cant insult PCB like this and than have a series with them.
PCB should had come out and said that a series with Afghanistan is only possible when the ACB apologies for the remarks they gave in media. The apology should be done in a press conference.
Cricket with Afghanistan is only Afghanistans gain, not Pakistan. Pakistan didn't had to play Afghanistan, Afghanistan needs to play with Pakistan.
I love Afghanistan cricket, I like watching their cricket. But you cant insult PCB like this and than have a series with them.
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because at the end of the day, they want to now play a series with us in Sri Lanka.
People are mad that why is he playing with us now.
ACB should apologies. Such remarks were not needed, but if they wanted to give such remarks than why back away now and play a series with us?
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Some extremely immature posts on this thread.
Of course we should play Afghanistan.
Firstly, we are not a petty nation and should not allow sports and politics to mix.
Secondly, we were the nation that played most with Sri Lanka in the 80's when they were minnows and then again with Bangladesh. We should do absolutely the same with Afghanistan. There are already too few nations that play top level cricket where there is real competition, by playing regularly with teams like Afghanistan we are only improving the pool.
If, by playing them regularly, Afghanistan become a stronger force in cricket then that is good for the game.
So what if the their puppet government or cricket board made statements. If we all took the low road nothing would ever be achieved. Governments and heads of cricket boards come and go but the cricket team will still be there and we must rise above pettiness.
Of course we should play Afghanistan.
Firstly, we are not a petty nation and should not allow sports and politics to mix.
Secondly, we were the nation that played most with Sri Lanka in the 80's when they were minnows and then again with Bangladesh. We should do absolutely the same with Afghanistan. There are already too few nations that play top level cricket where there is real competition, by playing regularly with teams like Afghanistan we are only improving the pool.
If, by playing them regularly, Afghanistan become a stronger force in cricket then that is good for the game.
So what if the their puppet government or cricket board made statements. If we all took the low road nothing would ever be achieved. Governments and heads of cricket boards come and go but the cricket team will still be there and we must rise above pettiness.
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Good team but I'd play Abdullah shafique and not imaam
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