The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Thursday confirmed that the group will embark on a tour to the United Arab Emirates later this month to play a collection of three T20Is and two 50-over warmup matches towards the hosts on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE. Each groups will first meet in two 50-over warmup video games on the twenty fifth and twenty seventh of December earlier than the beginning of the three T20I matches, that are scheduled to be performed on from December 29 in Sharjah. This can be Afghanistan’s 2nd tour of UAE in 2023, with the Rashid Khan-led aspect profitable the primary collection 2-1 in Abu Dhabi earlier this 12 months in February. The collection is being performed below the mutual cooperation settlement that was signed final 12 months between Afghanistan and the Emirates Cricket Boards. Primarily based on the settlement, Afghanistan will play a collection of three T20I matches with the UAE on an annual foundation.

“Our collaboration with the Emirates Cricket Board has been useful. The inaugural UAE Sequence earlier this 12 months provided us a superb basis to arrange for the next occasions all year long. Banking on our optimistic earlier expertise, we eagerly anticipate the upcoming UAE collection for a similar goal once more,” CEO of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Naseeb Khan mentioned in an official assertion.

“This upcoming tour marks the graduation of our new 12 months which is predicted to supply the AfghanAtalan squad with the required impetus for an action-packed 2024 season, that includes loads of T20 cricket to be performed,” he added.

“We’re delighted to host the Afghanistan group for the second time this 12 months. We had a massively aggressive T20I collection in February and this tour will as soon as once more present wonderful alternatives to our seasoned in addition to younger gamers towards a formidable opponent,” Normal Secretary Emirates Cricket Board Mubashshir Usmani mentioned.

“Afghanistan carried out extremely nicely within the ODI World Cup, and they’re a group on the rise with a robust assist base within the UAE. We sit up for welcoming the Afghanistan group,” Usmani additional added.

The collection will conclude Afghanistan’s assignments in 2023 and can concurrently mark the start of an eventful and action-packed 2024. Afghanistan Cricket is gearing up for a busy 12 months forward which encompasses numerous bilateral commitments alongside the massive occasion, the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup scheduled for June 2024.