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Afghanistan Cricket Team
Rashid Khan and his Afghanistan teammates have travelled across the globe to play cricket and have achieved several honours, but one dream of them is still unfulfilled- playing an international match at their home. The war-ravaged nation has never hosted a global fixture at Kabul, and the devastation has been so soul-shattering that they were forced to adopt cities abroad as home venues. In line with that, Greater Noida, Dehradun, Lucknow in India, while Sharjah and Abu Dhabi in the UAE became their home bases at various times. But Rashid is not ready to abandon his dream. "Yes, that's bigger than the World Cup to be honest, for me and for the team and every individual. We play an international game in Afghanistan and then all these people will see how people back home in Afghanistan are, how they are welcoming players and how they are enjoying cricket and that's something which is more than a dream to be playing international cricket in your own country," a solemn-looking Rashid t
Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan on Saturday welcomed the expansion of the T20 World Cup into 20 teams from the ongoing edition, saying it has opened the doors to players from more countries to showcase their talent on the global stage. The 2026 iteration of the ICC showpiece is the biggest ever in its history in terms of the number of participating teams. "It's always good to have more teams in the World Cup, that's why lots of nations come in and you see lots of new talent, which you haven't seen and different teams come in, they give tough time to the oppositions and I think that's how the World Cup becomes bigger and bigger," Rashid said on the eve of the match against New Zealand. "It doesn't matter if you are losing or winning the game, but you show to the world that you are capable of beating any side, any time as long as you have that belief," he added. Afghanistan are in Group D along with contenders New Zealand and South Africa, and Rashid said the team was looking forward