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'Quality' Afghanistan ready for Asia Cup heavyweights

Afghanistan is ready for the big guns after they became the first team to qualify for the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup following victories over Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. "As a team in this Asia Cup we are showing that Afghanistan have quality batsmen, quality bowlers and quality fielders," said all-rounder Nabi after Afghanistan thrashed Bangladesh by seven wickets on Tuesday. "In these two games we showed we can chase totals. Earlier opposition used to say that Afghanistan cannot chase. "But we were quite good (in the two chases), were not under pressure and had proper balance and hopefully we do well in the next round against big teams," added the 37-year-old. Afghanistan's victory over Bangladesh in Sharjah put them into the next round of the six-nation Twenty20 tournament.

Viral Video: Afghanistan Captain Mohammad Nabi Meets Old Fan On Wheelchair

Afghanistan players had a great time in the middle on Tuesday as they beat Bangladesh to enter the Super-4 stage of the ongoing Asia Cup. While spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan shone in the in the first innings of the match, Najibullah Zadran and Ibrahim Zadran stole the show in the second half. Afghanistan stopped Bangladesh at 127 for 7 and their chase, which seemed like a tight contest at one stage, was made a one-sided affair by the Zadran duo as they together stitched unbeaten 69 runs for the fourth wicket to seal victory for Afghanistan.

Asia Cup 2022 - India vs Hong Kong: Best fantasy teams, possible playing XIs, full squads and more

Asia Cup. The Men in Blue will play Hong Kong this evening in Dubai, who beat the UAE to qualify for the tournament. Overall India and Hong Kong have played two matches at the Asia Cup and both were played in the 50 over format.

PCB to manage all six teams of its junior T20 league after failing to attract bids for team rights

Pakistan Junior League T20 after failing to sell the team rights. The board announced on Tuesday that the inaugural PJL would go ahead with the teams managed directly by the board from October 6-21.

Watch: Afghanistan Dressing Room's Emphatic Celebrations After Win Over Bangladesh In Asia Cup To Reach Super 4

Najibullah Zadran stole the show on Tuesday as Afghanistan overwhelmed Bangladesh by 7 wickets to seal progress to the Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 stage. Chasing a 128-run target, Afghanistan were tottering at 62 for 3 at one stage in the game when Najibullah arrived at the crease and joined hands with Ibrahim Zadran. What followed next was an unbeaten 69-run partnership off only 33 balls between the duo, helping Afghanistan win the game quite easily. Najibullah hit a stunning 43 not out off 17 balls, while Ibrahim scored an unbeaten 42 off 41 balls.

Watch: Mayanti Langer Trolls Sanjay Manjrekar With Ravindra Jadeja Quip

Ever since Sanjay Manjrekar's "bits and pieces cricketer" comment on Ravindra Jadeja, the former India batter often finds himself at the end of a few jokes whenever the star all-rounder performs well. To Manjrekar's credit, he himself takes it on the chin and even asked Jadeja after India's win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup on Sunday if he was "okay" to talk to him. Jadeja too laughed in response and said he had no problem, with both of them seemingly having put the episode behind them.

Asia Cup 2022: Time for coaches to pick formats too?

Sriram says all-format coaching is very difficult in packed scheduleDUBAI: With a packed international calendar and three different formats jostling for relevance and financial viability, cricketers have already started to pick and choose their formats. Quinton de Kock abruptly called it quits in Test cricket earlier in the year and Ben Stokes ruffled a lot of feathers when he decided to give up ODIs last month. As international cricket faces a threat from proliferating T20 leagues, no doubt the players are bearing the brunt of the unrelenting schedule. It's clear that cricket is slowly headed towards three types of international players to suit each format of the game, leading to another question: should coaches too pick their formats? Former India cricketer turned coach Sridharan Sriram, who is a technical consultant to the Bangladesh team for the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup, feels the time will soon come when format-specific coaching will become the norm.

Asia Cup 2022: Shakib Al Hasan Reaches Milestone Of 100 T20I Matches

Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan reached the milestone of 100th T20I matches on Tuesday. He accomplished the feat during his side's Group B Asia Cup 2022 match against Afghanistan in Sharjah. Shakib did not have an impressive 100th T20I match as, despite a good start, he failed to stay on the crease for long. He was dismissed for 11 off 9 balls after pacer Mujeeb Ur Rahman dislodged his stumps. In 100 matches now, Hasan has scored 2,018 runs at an average of 22.67. He has scored ten half-centuries in the shortest format, with 84 being his best score.

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'Quality' Afghanistan ready for Asia Cup heavyweights

Viral Video: Afghanistan Captain Mohammad Nabi Meets Old Fan On Wheelchair

Asia Cup 2022 - India vs Hong Kong: Best fantasy teams, possible playing XIs, full squads and more

PCB to manage all six teams of its junior T20 league after failing to attract bids for team rights

Watch: Afghanistan Dressing Room's Emphatic Celebrations After Win Over Bangladesh In Asia Cup To Reach Super 4

Watch: Mayanti Langer Trolls Sanjay Manjrekar With Ravindra Jadeja Quip

Asia Cup 2022: Time for coaches to pick formats too?

Asia Cup 2022: Shakib Al Hasan Reaches Milestone Of 100 T20I Matches