Virat Kohli and Babar Azam to team up, Shaheen Afridi and Jasprit Bumrah in same side too with reboot of THIS event
With Jay Shah taking over as ICC chairman at the end of the year, the popular Afro-Asia Cup could be revived which could see a combined Asia XI featuring players from India and Pakistan in same side.
In what should come as music to the ears of all cricket fans across the realm, one amongst some of essentially the most a success cricket tournaments from the early 2000s – the Afro-Asia Cup – maybe getting ready for a reboot soon if new International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah has his way. The Afro-Asia Cup became held twice in 2005 and 2007 and featured combined Asia XI taking on Africa XI with players from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya within the latter.
The last of the Afro-Asia Cup became held in Chennai back in 2007 where India’s MS Dhoni smashed a brilliant 139 not out off ninety seven balls with 5 sixes and 15 fours while Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene scored 107 as Asia XI posted 331 and defeated Africa XI by 13 runs. The Asia side featured the likes of Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni with former Pakistan batter Mohammad Yousuf joining them apart from the likes of Sanath Jayasuriya within the famous person-studded side.
If the Afro-Asia Cup reboot does take place, cricket fans may maybe witness dream team from Asia witnessing the likes of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam batting together within the identical side while pacer Jasprit Bumrah and Shaheen Shah Afridi combining with the ball.
The Afro-Asia Cup became last held in 2007, featuring India and Pakistan players, representing Asia XI.
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The Afro-Asia Cup became at the initiating planned to be held in mid-2023 and played within the T20 format. An annual fixture became proposed and set to feature some players from Associate nations to boot.
“Individually, I am very hurt that it (Afro-Asia Cup) didn’t happen. There became not adequate momentum through the ACA, then again it is able to be being checked out again. I suspect it became typically a ignorance and never buying into the concept,” African Cricket Association chairman Samod Damodar became quoted as saying by Forbes.
The first-ever Afro-Asia Cup became played in 2005 with the Asia XI side featuring Sehwag, Shahid Afridi, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan and Shoaib Akhtar.
“These matches may maybe break down barriers which is likely to be there politically. Cricket can assist build the bridges as against burn it up. I don’t in my opinion accept as true with that players are antagonistic against every other, so I’m sure they may possibly well be up for it,” Damodar added.
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