Ajinkya Rahane Indian Cricket Captain speaks with the media, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru after India had won the Test match against Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs.

India (347-6) got off to an authoritative start with both openers Shikhar Dhawan (107) Murali Vijay (105) slamming centuries. The first two sessions were dominated by India, after which Afghanistan pulled back things to pick up a string of quick wickets.

History was created in Bengaluru when India hosted Afghanistan in their first-ever Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Pulling out all stops to make this historic event a memorable affair, the BCCI hosted dignitaries from the Government of India and Afghanistan.

Team India is all set to lock horns with Afghanistan for the latter’s inaugural Test match. Emotions will certainly be running high as the Afghans don their maiden national jersey for the five-day format, beginning from the 14th June in Bangalore.

This intriguing one off Test match between India and Afghanistan will have the eyes of the cricket world watching, as the Number 1 Test Team in the world takes on the ‘newcomers’ of Test cricket, in India, in their inaugural match.

A one-off Test against India, beginning on Thursday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, represents a new dawn in the history of Afghanistan cricket. Its meteoric rise has led to it becoming a Full Member of ICC in 2017, merely sixteen years after its recognition as an upcoming cricketing nation.

Audio interview with Ajinkya Rahane the Indian Cricket Team captain speaking with the media at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 before the Afghanistan test.

Watch the entire live cricket streaming action of this intriguing one off Test match between India and Afghanistan by downloading the Hotstar app in India or watching on Star Sports.

It will be a dream debut for newest Test nation Afghanistan, as they take on the world’s top-ranked team, India, in their first Test in Bengaluru from Thursday.

The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Navdeep Saini as Mohammed Shami’s replacement in the Indian Test team for the upcoming Paytm Test against Afghanistan. The announcement came after Mohd. Shami failed to clear the fitness test at NCA, Bengaluru.

Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan is this week’s Cricket World Player of the Week. Rashid Khan was instrumental in Afghanistan winning their three match IT20 Series against Bangladesh, taking 8 wickets for just 49 runs in 12 overs in the series.

Afghanistan (145-6) beat Bangladesh (144-6) in the 3rd and the final match of the three match T20I series by 1 run, in what was a nail biting finish, to clean sweep the series 3-0.

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets with 7 balls remaining to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match T20I series.

Afghanistan (167-8) beat Bangladesh (122-10) by a comprehensive margin of 45 runs on the back of some explosive batting from Samiullah Shenwari (36, SR: 200) and Shafiqullah (24, SR: 300) and the bowling genius of Rashid Khan (3-13-3).

Afghanistan have announced their Test and T20I squad for the matches against India and Bangladesh respectively. They have packed the side with spinners, including as many as five spinners.

Windies captain Jason Holder has been named as captain of the Team of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018, which was announced on Monday.

Mohammad Shahzad scored a blistering 84 after Mujeeb ur Rahman claimed a four-wicket haul as Afghanistan defeated Windes by seven wickets in the final of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2018 tournament in Harare.

With the pressure of qualification off the back, both Windies and Afghanistan will be hoping to end the season on a high when they lock horns with each other in the final in Harare on Sunday.

Afghanistan have progressed to the 2019 World Cup along with Windies following a five-wicket win over Ireland in the 9th and final game of the Super Sixes in Harare.