‘Yeh kaisa tamasha hai’ – Fans react as Ajay Jadeja appointed Afghanistan mentor for ODI World Cup 2023

Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja has been appointed as the mentor for the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023. Talking about his career, he has played in three World Cups in 1992, 1996, and 1999. Apart from this, Jadeja has played 15 Tests and 196 ODIs. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is yet to play its first warm-up game before the tournament kicks off. Their warm-up game against South Africa was washed out.

Notably, Afghanistan will play its third ODI World Cup. In the 2015 event played in Australia and New Zealand, they won by one wicket against highly experienced Scotland. Four years back, they lost all of their nine games in the tournament.

Afghanistan World Cup squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq.

Afghanistan schedule for ODI World Cup 2023

Ajay Jadeja is famous for his match-winning against Pakistan in 1996

Notably, Jadeja is known for his quick-fire 45 off 25 balls against Pakistan in the quarterfinal of the 1996 World Cup. The then-defending champions looked set to restrict India to 250-260 in the game played in Bangalore. However, his innings including the famous butchering off Waqar Younis ensured that the team reached 287/8. In the end, the home side won the game by 39 runs.

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