Afghanistan receives over 8,000 foreign tourists in two years
More than 8,000 foreign tourists visited Afghanistan over the past two years, local media TOLOnews reported Saturday, citing a government official.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder won the toss and chose to bat first against Afghanistan in their last match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds on Thursday.
For the Windies, Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach came in for Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel, whereas for Afghanistan, Dawlat Zadran and Sayed Shirzad came in for Hamid Hassan and Hashmatullah Shahidi.
“We are gonna bat first. Seems to be a pretty good wicket. It tends to slow down as the game goes on. Just look at this game and try to finish the competition well. We have one last oppurtunity and need to get a perfect game together. Two changes for us. Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach come in for and Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel,” said Holder after winning the toss.
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Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib said : “I would have wanted to bat first as well. It gets good for the spinners later on. We played really well in the last few games. We will try to play hard. We have two changes. Hamid Hassan and Shahidi (Hashmatullah) are not playing. Dawlat Zadran and Shirzad (Sayed) are playing.”
Here the Playing XIs of both the teams:
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder (captain), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach
Afghanistan: Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib (captain), Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shinwari, Najibullah Zadran, Ikram Ali Khil (wicketkeeper), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Sayed Shirzad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
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