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Afghanistan coach, Lalchand Rajput, has said that he will give his interview for the post of head coach of the Indian team via Skype from London. Rajput, who was the manager of 2007 T20 World Cup-winning team, had also applied for the same post last year, but eventually lost to Anil Kumble.

Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammed Nabi wants Afghanistan's inaugural Test match to be played against India - the country that has helped them grow as a cricketing nation. The 32-year-old also went on to add that achieving Test status was a dream that the team had been chasing for years.

Afghanistan pulled off an upset by thrashing West Indies by 63-runs courtesy of a Rashid Khan blitz where the leggie finished with figures of 7/18. However, that wasn't the most interesting part of the day as some parts of the match had to be played without any bails due to strong winds in St Lucia.

Mohammad Shahzad has been in stellar form in recent times and was once again at his best during Afghanistan’s third and final T20 game against Ireland. Shahzad led the charge on the Irish bowlers with a breezy 72 and the knock also took him past Virat Kohli's aggregate of 1710 in T20I.