Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - South Africa v Afghanistan - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - November 10, 2023 The Afghanistan players line up before the match REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - India will host Afghanistan for three Twenty20s in January, the first time the two sides will meet in a multi-match white-ball series, the Afghanistan Cricket Board said late on Tuesday.
The series will begin on Jan. 11 in Mohali before moving to Indore for a match on Jan. 14.
The final match will be in Bengaluru on Jan. 17.
Afghanistan were once considered World Cup minnows, having won just one game in their two previous campaigns.
India lost Sunday's 50-overs World Cup final to Australia by six wickets in Ahmedabad.
Persons:
Narendra Modi, Amit Dave, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Robert Birsel
Organizations:
Cricket, ICC Cricket, Afghanistan Cricket Board, India, Thomson
Locations:
South Africa, Afghanistan, Ahmedabad, India, Mohali, Indore, Bengaluru, Jan, Australia