Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Series: The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 has ended and many teams have now started preparing for their upcoming series. Meanwhile, a bad news has come to light regarding the white-ball series between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from March 13. According to reports, this series may be postponed indefinitely. However, the boards of both the countries have not yet made any official statement on this.
Series may be postponed due to geopolitical tension
According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, both the boards of Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have agreed that it is not possible to hold the series in UAE amid the ongoing military conflict in West Asia. At present, both the boards are discussing other options, but due to logistics, it does not seem easy to shift the series somewhere else. A total of 6 white-ball matches were scheduled to be played between the two teams in UAE, but now due to geopolitical tension, all these matches can be postponed.
The series was to start from March 13
This tour was to start with the T20 series. All the T20I matches were to be played in Sharjah on March 13, 15 and 17, while the three ODI matches were to be played in Dubai on March 20, 22 and 25. But now it seems difficult to play this series on time. Earlier, six matches of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League-2 in Nepal, which also included teams from Oman and UAE, were postponed.
| series | match | date | place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan | t20 international | March 13, March 15, March 17 | Sharjah |
| Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan | one day international | March 20, March 22, March 25 | Dubai |
Ibrahim Zadran will captain the Afghanistan team
In this series, the Afghanistan team will be playing for the first time under the captaincy of Ibrahim Zadran. Afghanistan was out of the group stage in the T20 World Cup 2026 and after this Rashid Khan left the captaincy. Now it will be interesting to see how the Afghan team performs under the leadership of Zadran. At the same time, the Sri Lankan team was also out of the Super-8 in the T20 World Cup and will now try to make a comeback in this series.
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