Will Afghanistan be out of T20 World Cup? ICC may take action regarding Talibani flag

2021 T20 World Cup: Afghanistan’s participation in the T20 World Cup next month is becoming a matter of curiosity after the Taliban took power. Because the top officials of the cricket board in the country were suddenly removed from their posts and women’s cricket has been banned from playing.

Let us inform that Naseebullah Haqqani has replaced Hamid Shinwari, the executive director of the Afghanistan Cricket Board. Amid growing concerns about the future of the game in Afghanistan, the International Cricket Council (ICC) may be pushed to replace the Afghan flag with the Taliban flag at the T20 World Cup starting in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from October 17. Is.

If any such request is made, the ICC Board of Directors will certainly reject such request.

Apart from Pakistan, the situation is not clear about whether other countries will be ready to play against the changed flag of Afghanistan. Let us tell you that the Taliban government in Pakistan has full support and supporters include former captain Shahid Afridi.

The world’s top T20 player Rashid Khan is present in the Afghanistan team. The traditional flag of Afghanistan is black, red and green.

An ICC board member said, “It is too early to say anything now. So far no requests have been made to play under the Taliban flag, but as far as operations are concerned, the ICC Board needs to take a decision on that. Everyone is keeping an eye on the situation in Afghanistan.

He further said, “Generally if the ICC bans a cricket board, it makes sure that the players are not affected by it. Rashid Khan or Mohammad Nabi, no one is at fault.

According to the ICC Membership Criteria, “an applicant must have the appropriate status, structure, accreditation, membership and competence in the country to be recognized by the ICC so as to function as the principal governing body and play a role in the sport in the country.” Be responsible for the administration, management and development of cricket (men and women).”

In this, the member country also has to create a satisfactory structure for women’s cricket and prepare a large pool of players.

Afghanistan has already committed serious breaches of the required criteria after the Taliban banned women’s cricket.

According to Shinwari, the changes in the Afghanistan Cricket Board have been made at the insistence of Anas Haqqani, younger brother of the new Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.