In September this year, the Afghanistan team will host the Test series against New Zealand at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathak Sports Complex in Greater Noida, India. Let us tell you, many matches of the Afghanistan cricket team have been played in India before. Afghanistan players also consider India as their second home.

Whenever Afghanistan players participate in the Indian Premier League, many cricket fans are seen cheering for them. According to the Times of India report, the New Zealand team will play a three-match Test series against Afghanistan in the months of October and November. All three matches can be held in India.

There were also reports that the Board of Control for Cricket in India has finalised 3 home venues for Afghanistan which are Greater Noida, Kanpur and Lucknow. If the Test series against New Zealand is played in Noida, then the Afghanistan team will return here after 4 years. They were supposed to host a limited over series against Bangladesh in the month of July but due to the extreme heat in North India, this series was cancelled.

The source said, ‘In 2021, when there was a change in Kabul and the Taliban took over, the Board of Control for Cricket in India was the first cricket board to support Afghanistan.’

The performance of the Afghanistan team has improved further in international cricket

Let us tell you, the performance of the Afghanistan team has been very good in international cricket in the recent times. They defeated big teams like England, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the international level. Not only this, the team defeated Australia in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and confirmed its place in the semi-finals.

Afghanistan also defeated New Zealand in this important tournament. However, Afghanistan had to face defeat against South Africa in the semi-final match. Afghanistan showed a brilliant performance in this entire tournament and won the hearts of all the fans.