Afghanistan at the Cricket World Cup

Beginning in the mid 1800s, Cricket has been widely popular in Afghanistan, though progress on the international level was slow. In 1995, The Afghanistan Cricket Board was founded. Afghanistan became an affiliate member of ICC in 2001, after forming a national team. From 2008 to 2013, Afghanistan went from Division Five of the World Cricket League to a Full Associate Member. Afghanistan debuted in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Afghanistan qualified for finals in ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 and defeated West Indies in finals. 2019 World Cup was 2nd World Cup which Afghanistan qualified. They qualified under the captaincy Asgar Afghan.

Cricket World Cup record

World Cup Record (By Team)

2015 Cricket World Cup

The 2015 Cricket World was the first Cricket World Cup Afghanistan participated in. Afghanistan was grouped with hosts Australia and New Zealand. The group also included test playing nations Sri Lanka, England and Bangladesh, along with Scotland.

2015 World Cup matches

2019 Cricket World Cup

2019 World Cup Was 2nd World Cup in which Afghanistan participated. This World Cup was in Round robin format where Afghanistan faced all the other teams which include Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies, but did not manage to claim victory against any national team in the tournament.

2019 World Cup Matches

2023 Cricket World Cup

2023 World Cup Was 3rd World Cup in which Afghanistan participated. This World Cup was in Round robin format where Afghanistan faced all the other teams which include Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Netherlands. In this edition of the world cup Afghanistan was able to win four matches against England,Pakistan,Sri Lanka and Netherlands.

See also

• Afghanistan national cricket team
• Cricket in Afghanistan
• 2015 Cricket World Cup
• 2019 Cricket World Cup
• 2023 Cricket World Cup

References

1. Afghanistan national cricket team
2. Cricket in Afghanistan
3. 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
4. 2023 Cricket World Cup
5. Afghanistan Cricket Board
6. 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
7. 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
8. India at the Cricket World Cup
9. 2022 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup
10. Cricket World Cup
11. Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup
12. 2019 Cricket World Cup
13. Bangladesh at the Cricket World Cup
14. 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads
15. 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
16. List of Cricket World Cup records
17. Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup
18. Afghanistan at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup
19. 2023 Cricket World Cup squads
20. 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup