Afghanistan Appoint Ajay Jadeja As A Mentor For ICC World Cup 2023
Published - 02 Oct 2023, 05:57 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:19 AM
Afghanistan have roped in former India batsman Ajay Jadeja as their mentor for the ICC World Cup 2023. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) made the announcement on Monday (October 2), two days before the start of the marquee event.
The ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be played from October 5 to November 19. A total of ten teams are featured in the event including Afghanistan. Afghanistan made their debut in the World Cup in 2015 and qualified for the 2019 edition too.
In 2015, they managed to win just 1 of their 6 group-stage games. In 2019, Afghanistan performed well but failed to register any wins. They lost all of their 9 league matches although they received praise from several quarters for their gutsy display. Afghanistan have further improved themselves since then and are more than capable of beating any team on their day.
Ajay Jadeja to mentor Afghanistan:
Afghanistan will have Ajay Jadeja in their backroom staff during the ODI World Cup. The former cricketer plied his trade for Team India from 1992 to 2000, playing 15 Tests and 196 ODIs. In Tests, he scored 576 runs at 26.18 with 4 half-centuries while in ODIs, he scored 5359 runs at 37.47 with 6 hundreds and 30 fifties. He was also one of the best fielders in the Indian team at that time. After retiring from cricketer, Ajay Jadeja has been plying his trade as a commentator as well as an analyst.
Afghanistan squad for World Cup 2023:
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
Afghanistan scheduled for ODI World Cup 2023 (Time in IST):
Saturday, October 7: Bangladesh v Afghanistan, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala – 10:30am
Wednesday, October 11: India v Afghanistan, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi – 2pm
Sunday, October 15: England v Afghanistan, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi – 2pm
Wednesday, October 18: New Zealand v Afghanistan, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai – 2pm
Monday, October 23: Pakistan v Afghanistan, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai – 2pm
Monday, October 30: Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, MCA International Stadium, Pune – 2pm
Friday, November 3: Netherlands v Afghanistan, BRSABVE Stadium, Lucknow – 2pm
Tuesday, November 7: Australia v Afghanistan, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – 2pm
Friday, November 10: South Africa v Afghanistan, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad – 2pm
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