Afghanistan should play in the next Asia Cup.

[Cracket]

All this Ireland talk got me thinking about another nation being ignored which could be a major ICC nation if shown some focus. Afghanistan have been sitting on their ODI status for a while. Why not invite them for the Asia Cup and make it a 5-way tournament? They could have some competitive matches with Bangladesh too.

[adnan yasin]

AGreed..... only 3 ( most likely) one sided matches ... they will get the exposure

are we having asia cup next year or not

[wasi90lk]

i think afghanistan should be included.

[Prince_Pathan]

yup...they will get pretty far... like pak they are a good bowling outfit...and for minnows they have some pretty quick bowlers

[kkmix]

They should.

[Shaheerthe2nd]

It will be good exposure for them if they can play.

However, is the tournament even being scheduled?

[gsivak]

Agreed. It will be good exposure for them. They look like a team that learns fast. Should be exciting to see them play.

[amit]

afghanistan would thrash bangladesh by 100+ runs & give a better fight than bangladesh in the asia cup. bangladesh, havent beaten any of the 3 big teams in the asia cup. they always get thrashed whenever they play against the big teams. about time afghanistan got a chance in the asia cup. bangladesh are a joke of a team and i would have nepal instead of bangladesh in the asia cup. the 5 teams should be - india, pakistan, sri lanka, afghanistan & nepal

[Khan6575]

This will be a good exposure for them, hope the Afghan team continues their upward progress.

[Ashraful_Rox]

Afghanistan plays good cricket.

[wasi90lk]

afghanistan would thrash bangladesh by 100+ runs & give a better fight than bangladesh in the asia cup. bangladesh, havent beaten any of the 3 big teams in the asia cup. they always get thrashed whenever they play against the big teams. about time afghanistan got a chance in the asia cup. bangladesh are a joke of a team and i would have nepal instead of bangladesh in the asia cup. the 5 teams should be - india, pakistan, sri lanka, afghanistan & nepal

you just lost your credibility with this post.

why are delhi people (gambhir, sehwag, amit) so hostile? maybe they should learn from mumbai people (tendulkar) how to be humble.

[amit]

^and why are bangladesh people so hostile? they should learn from ireland people to be humble

and the bangladesh cricketers should learn how to play to win from ireland

[wasi90lk]

^and why are bangladesh people so hostile? they should learn from ireland people to be humble

and the bangladesh cricketers should learn how to play to win from ireland

what the hell, lol. do not copy and paste, delhi boy. try to use your own words.

by the way, why do you think nepal should be in the asia cup? why not UAE or hong kong?

[1137moiz]

Amit=Typical bigot who tries to downgrade Bangladesh at every opportunity. What a loser...Nepal, seriously? :)))

[kkmix]

Wasi man, stop fighting all the time :akhtar

[Fireworks11]

A good idea to include them. They are tough cricketers.

[mastermind_quad]

@OP definitely they should play .....

[Krishnan]

Amit=Typical bigot who tries to downgrade Bangladesh at every opportunity. What a loser...Nepal, seriously? :)))

No idea whether a bigot or a deliberate troll.He once made a list of best one day batters considering strike rate as the ultimate criterion and concluded that people like shaun pollock and mark boucher were in the all time top 10.

[PakPrince]

No idea whether a bigot or a deliberate troll.He once made a list of best one day batters considering strike rate as the ultimate criterion and concluded that people like shaun pollock and mark boucher were in the all time top 10.

you gotta be kidding me!!

a link to this threa would be greatly appreciated. Please!

[saajidrox]

yes they need to be included they play good cricket . good bowlers if you keep ignoring them . playing cricket hopes will be lost .
ICC is not treating the associate countries well treat them all fair and square. all are under the same umbrella

[Krishnan]

you gotta be kidding me!!

a link to this threa would be greatly appreciated. Please!

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=114089

From post number 56

mcullum at 9,pollock at 14,boucher at 16

[avidlearner]

Afghanistan will be an welcome addition to Asia cup, I am sure they will do far better than teams such as UAE or Hong kong. Afghans have very good bowling attack with a decent fielding side. Their batting is their Achilles heel against quality opposition, hope they improve on that aspect as well.

Asian Cricket council is the one has to included Afghanistan, not sure whether they will do that ATM

[ZenBowman]

Brilliant idea

[Fireworks11]

Their bowling is quite decent. Thei batting needs improvement. They bowled very well in the T20 WC last year.

[PakPrince]

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=114089

From post number 56

mcullum at 9,pollock at 14,boucher at 16

omg this is stuff of legend!
Mccullum better than a host of batsmen including tendulkar!
Michael Bevan not making the list at all!!!!


theres a famous saying that you can twist stats whichever way you want to suit your own agenda! But I thought there was a limit to which you could do that! This guy certainly showed us that there is no such limit!
Props to him for the effort though!
still cant believe this :facepalm:
atleast it gave me a lot of laughs! :ajmal

[jashan83]

If like the 2008 Asia Cup we have then the 2 teams besides the Big 4 of Asia would be Afghanistan and Nepal indeed because these 2 are the finalist of 2010 ACC Trophy. HK finished 3rd and UAE finished a sad 6th in this tournament.

For those of you who don't know Cricket is no 1 game in Nepal also besides Afghanistan. Nepal have done very nicely at U-19 WC. There list includes victories against Pak, SA, BD & NZ (People of Pakistan this is nothing against you, just telling the worth of Nepal, they have defeated very good teams).

[Watsupdoc]

Yup agreed. They should definitely be included.

[Markhor]

It was excruciating to see the likes of the UAE and Hong Kong play in previous editions of the Asia Cup.Only the best minnows should participate.

Afghanistan would be a great choice as they are quick learners and are one of the strongest Associate sides at the moment along with the likes of Ireland and Zimbabwe.