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Kohli and Rohit return to India’s T20I squad for Afghanistan series

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4 months ago

January 8, 2024

(Last Updated On: January 8, 2024)

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned to India’s T20I squad after an absence of more than a year from the format for the three-match series against Afghanistan.

Rohit has been named captain of the squad while those who led the side in his absence, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, are injured and unavailable for selection, ESPNcricinfo reported.

Rohit and Kohli have not played T20Is since India’s semi-final defeat against England in the T20 World Cup in November 2022, choosing to prioritize Test cricket and ODIs in the lead-up to the World Test Championship final and the ODI World Cup in 2023.

Their selection now means that both players are back in India’s plans for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA, ESPNcricinfo reported.

There was a lot of speculation about whether Rohit and Kohli would make a return, given the emergence of multiple youngsters in their spots.

The T20I series will begin from Thursday, January 11, with the first T20I scheduled to be staged in Mohali’s Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, followed by the second on January 14 in Indore and the final on the 17th in Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Cricket fans in Afghanistan will get to watch all three matches live on Ariana Television after ATN secured exclusive rights to broadcast the series.

Thursday’s cricket fest will start at 5pm Kabul time.

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Asia must believe Afghanistan’s power in futsal: Mortezaei

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2 hours ago

April 27, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 27, 2024)

Majid Mortezaei, head coach of the country’s national futsal team, says Asia must believe that there is still a power called “Afghanistan” in futsal.

In a press conference on Saturday ahead of Afghanistan match against Kyrgyzstan, Mortezaei said the national team will do its best to go to the World Cup.

“Tomorrow, we will do our best to go to the World Cup. If it doesn’t happen, nothing will decrease from our values, because we have done many great things so far,” he said.

“Kyrgyzstan is a good team. They won against Japan. We have the experience of facing them in CAFA, but this Kyrgyzstan team is a different team,” he added.

According to Mortezaei, Afghan players have done intensive training and know how to play in difficult and sensitive conditions.

It should be noted that Afghan futsal team won 5-3 against Iraq on Friday.

The Kyrgyz team has also reached this stage of the competition by winning against Vietnam.

Afghanistan has a chance to advance to the Futsal World Cup 2024 by winning against Kyrgyzstan tomorrow (Sunday, April 28th).

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Attack Energy and Abu Muslim secure wins in respective ACL matches

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1 day ago

April 26, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 26, 2024)

Khurasan Faryab FC was thrashed 5-0 by Attack Energy FC in the 13th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Friday. In this match, a Nigerian football player for Attack Energy was named man of the match.

In the 14th match of today’s ACL, Abu Muslim Farah FC beat Aino Mina FC 2-1. Nematullah Karimi and Sohrab Afghan scored two goals in this game.

Tomorrow’s matches will see Sarsabz Yashlar FC take on Mawj Sahil FC at 1:00 PM, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi face Maiwand FC at 3:30 PM.

The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television every day.