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T20 specialist Rashid Khan of Afghanistan celebrating after taking the wicket of New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips during an ICC Men's T20 World Cup match at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India, February 8, 2026.

Notable Afghan cricketers

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Afghanistan is a relatively new entrant to international cricket, with the sport gaining popularity in refugee camps in Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s and catching on rapidly among the youth on their return home. The country became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001. Since then, the team has risen rapidly, gaining One Day International (ODI) status in 2009 and Test status in 2017, before reaching the semifinals of the...

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