MS Dhoni's THIS long-standing, huge international record broken by Afghanistan

Afghanistan, on back of Najibullah Zran’s 35-ball 72*, defeated Zimbabwe by 47 runs at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, March 20. With win, Asghar Afghan-led side pocketed three-match T20I series by a 3-0 margin. Remarkably, captain Afghan broke a coveted captaincy record of former Indian skipper MS Dhoni with his latest win.

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe: Afghanistan players celebrate series-clinching win

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe: Asghar Afghan goes past MS Dhoni

Asghar Afghan-led Afghanistan to three wins on trot to mark a 3-0 series win over Zimbabwe. Interestingly, win in third T20I was Afghan’s 42nd win as captain of his national side. He overtook MS Dhoni’s 41 wins as Indian captain to become most successful T20I skipper in world.

While MS Dhoni’s 41 T20I wins came from 72 matches, Afghan’s 42 victories came from just 52 games. senior Afghanistan cricketer first led his national side in truncated format back in 2015. Since n, veteran has also led Afghanistan to 33 wins in 58 ODIs and two Test wins out of four matches. Overall, Afghan is also most successful captain in his country’s history across all international formats.

ICC congratulates Asghar Afghan for overtaking MS Dhoni

Afghanistan cricket schedule 2021: International and IPL

Afghanistan players will now resume ir 2021 cricketing commitments in September with a home series in United Arab Emirates (UAE) against Pakistan. Prior to ir international assignments, ir players will depart for India for upcoming Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 2021) season. Three Afghanistan players, i.e. Rashid Khan, Mohamm Nabi and Mujeeb ur Rahman, are scheduled to take part in tournament. Interestingly, y will all be playing for Sunrisers Hyderab (SRH) this year.

A look at Afghanistan cricket schedule 2021

September: Afghanistan vs Pakistan, three ODIs in UAE

October and November: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India

November: Australia vs Afghanistan, one-off Test match in Australia

SRH schedule for IPL 2021 season

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