Cricket-Governing body ICC forms working group to determine Afghan cricket's future


  • Cricket
  • Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Men's T20 World Cup - Super 12 - Group 2 - India v Afghanistan - Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - November 3, 2021 Afghanistan fans celebrate. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

(Reuters) -The International Cricket Council (ICC) has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under the Taliban government, the world governing body said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan's rise in cricket in recent years has been a fairytale story but the strife-torn nation risks international isolation following the country's Taliban takeover in August.

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