Asian Games: Malaysia enter quarter-finals after washout, Oman knocked out
Quarter-final line-ups: Afghanistan vs India, Hong Kong vs Pakistan, Bangladesh vs Malaysia and Nepal vs Sri Lanka
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Lalit Rajbanshi, Kushal Bhurtel set up Nepal's opening win
This was Afghanistan's first defeat in the competition after they had also started with a win
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Gul, Kharote spin Afghanistan to victory over Japan in Asian Games opener
Chasing a modest 130 in Nisshin, Japan were all out for 81 in the opening match of the men's cricket competition at the Asian Games
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Zimbabwe star closes in on top spot in Men’s Rankings
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza closed the gap with Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai at the top of the ICC Men’s ODI All-Rounder Rankings.
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'Even I don't know what exactly happened' - Rashid on being removed as Afghanistan T20I captain
"I came to know [about the captaincy change] when the board announced it," he says
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Bangladesh pick Hridoy for one-off Test against Afghanistan
Nahid Rana and Taskin Ahmed were not available due to fitness and workload management issues
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Abhishek's record century delivers India's clean sweep of Afghanistan
He hit a 30-ball century in India's 221 before Afghanistan collapsed to 94 all out
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Afghanistan bowl; India pick Thakur for Arshdeep
Ibrahim Zadran made two changes bringing in Abdollah Ahmadzai and handing a debut to Noor ul Rahman
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India's bench strength and Naveen-ul-Haq's match-fitness in focus for final T20I
Despite having Farooqi in the XI, Afghanistan did not use him with the new ball. Could Naveen's return add heft to their seam attack?
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Rashid heaps praise on 'god-gifted' India sensation
Afghanistan's champion leg-spinner Rashid Khan was full of praise for India's sensational young opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, calling him "god-gifted".
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Pybus: 'Our dot-ball percentage is too high and our strike rate has got to improve'
The head coach also suggested the lack of power-hitting in Afghanistan cricket was a "talent pool" issue
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India bowl with Bishnoi in as the only change
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi remains on the bench for the second T20I running. Afghanistan went in unchanged
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Varun to miss rest of Afghanistan T20Is with injury
India spinner is still expected to be part of the squad travelling to the Asian Games later this month
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Afghanistan look for better result as India hope for a repeat of near-perfect opener
There is no reason for India to change their XI for the second game, but they do have Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on the bench
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Pybus: 'We made fundamental mistakes, we'll be reviewing that'
"We were considerably short of the type of target we should have been able to set," Richard Pybus says of Afghanistan's batting in the first T20I against India
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Abhishek lights up Delhi as India cruise past Afghanistan
Omarzai's half-century took Afghanistan to 157 but it proved insufficient with India chasing down the target in 13.4 overs
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India face tough selection calls as Afghanistan play hosts in Delhi
Shreyas Iyer will have to make the unenviable selection of two openers out of Sanju Samson, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma
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Bumrah fit, Yash Thakur replaces Harshit for Afghanistan T20Is and Asian Games
Harshit Rana picked up a new injury during a match simulation on September 7 at the CoE in Bengaluru
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