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The Committee of Administrators has rejected the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s proposal to allow players from Afghanistan to participate on the Indian domestic circuit. However, it has agreed to invite them to training camps and provide them with an alternate venue for their international matches.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) have decided to hand one-year suspensions to chief selector Dawlat Ahmadzai, and team manager, Naweed Sayem following the team’s poor show in the World Cup. The decision to suspend the duo was taken after a board meeting held at Kabul on Saturday.

Gulbadin Naib has admitted that his team’s performance has been below expectations but this is not the end of the road for them and they have the potential to return to the mega event four years later as a much improved team. He also addressed concerns regarding fitness and professionalism.

Twitter exploded as 18-year-old Ikram Ali Khil scored a thrilling 86 runs against West Indies in both the side's last World Cup match. Windies had managed to put a total of 311 on the scoreboard before Afghanistan failed to chase it down despite starting encouragingly and falling short by 23 runs.