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Zadran upbeat about team’s ability to take on India in T20I series

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4 months ago

January 11, 2024

(Last Updated On: January 11, 2024)

In an interview with Ariana News on Wednesday night, Afghanistan’s T20I cricket captain for the India series, Ibrahim Zadran, said the team is ready to take on their hosts in their first match in Mohali on Thursday.

Zadran said even though usual skipper Rashid Khan is sitting this series out, following back surgery last year, he is confident that the team has enough experienced players to fill the gap.

The three-match series, which gets underway later in the day, will be broadcast live and exclusively on Ariana Television and broadcasting will start at 5pm Kabul time.

For India, all eyes will be on returning Rohit Sharma, who made himself available for the first time since the 2022 T20 World Cup semis exit.

Virat Kohli will meanwhile sit the first game out and is expected to rejoin the team for the second and third matches.

India will also be missing a few T20 superstars including Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, due to injuries.

Afghanistan meanwhile are entering the contest on the back of a series win over the UAE in T20Is.

Match Conditions

Considering peak winter conditions in northern India, the team can expect dew to play a role. The most likely scenario is that both teams will be hoping to win the toss in order to bowl first.

This is the first time India are playing a bilateral white-ball series against Afghanistan.

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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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24 hours 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.