Afghan skipper Shahidi calls for more Test opportunities
Afghanistan cricket captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has urged for more Test match opportunities to help his team gain experience in red-ball cricket. Despite a strong domestic first-class structure, the team plays very few international Test matches annually.
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Addresses the challenges faced by emerging cricket nations in transitioning to the highest level of the sport.
Eight summers ago, Afghanistan entered the Test fold with a game against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Since that momentous occasion, which although ended in a thumping innings defeat, the Afghans have gone on to feature in just 11 more completed Tests (a game against New Zealand in Greater Noida in 2024 was abandoned without a ball bowled).
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