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Afghanistan

5 incidents documented

Afghanistan's Catastrophic DRS Failures Let KL Rahul and Others Off the Hook in India Test — India Win by an Innings and 300 Runs

India vs Afghanistan

7 June 2026

Afghanistan squandered three clear DRS opportunities across the opening two days of the one-off Mullanpur Test, reprieving KL Rahul on 16 (who scored 100), Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant on deliveries that replays showed were clearly out. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi's failure to review cost Afghanistan wickets they could not afford; India won by an innings and 300 runs.

#India vs Afghanistan#Test cricket#DRS

🏏Moderate

Short Run Controversy — Afghanistan vs Pakistan 2023 WC

Afghanistan vs Pakistan

23 October 2023

A controversial short run call during the 2023 World Cup match between Afghanistan and Pakistan led to Afghan fans accusing the umpires of costing their team the match.

#short run#world cup#afghanistan

🔥Explosive

Taliban Bans Women's Cricket in Afghanistan

Afghanistan (women's cricket)

8 September 2021

After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, women were banned from playing cricket and all sports, raising questions about Afghanistan's ICC membership and the governing body's commitment to gender equality.

#afghanistan#women#taliban

🚨Moderate

Afghanistan U19 Players Approached for Spot-Fixing

Afghanistan U19

20 January 2020

Afghanistan U19 players reported being approached by suspected fixers during the 2020 U19 World Cup in South Africa, highlighting the vulnerability of youth cricketers to corruption.

#afghanistan u19#spot-fixing#corruption

🔥Moderate

Ireland and Afghanistan Granted Test Status

Ireland and Afghanistan

22 June 2017

The ICC granted Full Membership and Test status to Ireland and Afghanistan in 2017, but the lack of guaranteed fixtures and the challenges of sustaining Test cricket raised questions about whether the expansion was genuine or merely symbolic.

#ireland#afghanistan#test status