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ESPNcricinfo understands that the venues in the UAE were rendered unavailable because of the IPL

Karim Janat, Ikram Alikhil return among a host of changes

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh among eight teams to play the first round to try and qualify for the Super 12s stage

Middle-order batter Najibullah Zadran has been named his deputy

Each win now worth 12 points, a draw worth four points and a tie worth six points

Over the past three years, Afghanistan have gone through a very public struggle to find the right man to lead them

Hashmatullah Shahidi is the new ODI and Test captain; T20I captaincy decision to be made soon

The Lahore Qalandars have re-signed the legspinner after his replacement Shakib Al Hasan pulled out of the PSL

IPL 2021 was meant to be a test case for the BCCI to understand if the T20 World Cup could've been held in a 'caravan model'

Full Members outside the WTC have been pushing for a more formalised "second division" for the WTC

Another issue will be the new T20 leagues eating into the international calendar

In ODIs, Jonny Bairstow and Matt Henry entered the top ten among batsmen and bowlers respectively

Asghar Afghan tops MS Dhoni, becomes most successful men's T20I captain of all time

Their 48-run win is their 15th consecutive T20 victory in the UAE as captain Afghan equalled Dhoni's record for the most wins in this format

Can Afghanistan sustain momentum in lead-up to the T20 World Cup?

India captain gained 47 rating points and moved up one slot following scores of 73 and 77

Afghanistan have now won nine out of 10 T20Is against Zimbabwe

Hamid Hassan, Waqar Salamkheil and Azmatullah Omarzai are also yet to join Afghanistan's squad

Sean Williams' side will also want to prove a point, given they won't feature in this year's T20 World Cup

Sean Williams and Donald Tiripano extended their eighth-wicket stand to 187 before the legspinner took charge once again