Colombo (Sri Lanka): The Afghan Cricket team might take the Roundabout route to get to Sri Lanka for the ODI three-match series scheduled for Pakistan, which will begin in September 3.
There is no commercial flight that takes off from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of the country , and in accordance with espncricinfo, an emergency plan carried out by the Afghan cricket board (ACB) is to get a Pakistani visa for all players and support staff, making them fly to Pakistan first, then to Dubai, and then to Colombo for this series.
In the midst of uncertainty, CEO ACB Hamid Shinwari said that the tour would be on schedule.
“Cricket did it very well,” Shinwari told Espncricinfo earlier this week.
“We go to the office (ACB).
The cricket team is preparing the Pakistani series in Sri Lanka.
Confirmed.
We are committed to sending a team to Sri Lanka as soon as possible.
There is a transition that occurs Afghanistan, therefore there is a vacuum in the operation and availability of availability affected.
But we Will fly as soon as we find a flight.
We have our boys gather in Kabul and they are preparing a series.
“” We hope the squad will depart in the next four days.
We have updated the Cricket PCB and Sri Lanka and both of them are above Ship.
I thankld SLC because of our hosting and it’s really generous of them.
” The three matches in this series will be played in Hambantota and will involve the quarantine period three days on arrival for both parties.
By paying attention to the current chaos in Afghanistan, the question has also been raised on whether the team will be ready to participate in the upcoming T20 World Cup.
But the Afghan cricket board has explained that the team will be ready to act when the showpiece will take place in Dubai.
The media manager of the Afghan Cricket Team Hikmat Hassan told Ani that there was no doubt in connection with the T20 World Cup and the council wanted to continue with the Tri-series involving Australia and West Indies to help prepare for the preparation of the event.