“Cricket! The only hope for the country. Keep politics out of it,” tweeted Afghanistan’s most famous cricketer Rashid Khan after Australia withdrew from One-Day International (ODI) series against the south Asian nation scheduled to be held in March.
Khan, the face of Afghan cricket and the captain of the country’s T20 team, was not alone. Soon a chorus of condemnation followed, including from fellow cricketers, expressing their disapproval of Australia’s decision to boycott the Afghan men’s team.
