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The India national cricket team and the Afghanistan national cricket team are currently preparing for the upcoming three-match ODI series, and young spinner Allah Ghazanfar is very excited for the action. After spending the IPL 2026 season with Mumbai Indians, Ghazanfar is now eager to use everything he learned against India in the upcoming ODI series.
IPL 2026 was a huge learning experience for Ghazanfar. He played with and against some of the biggest names in world cricket during the tournament and now hopes these lessons can help him perform well for Afghanistan in the tough ODI series against India.
Allah Ghazanfar credits IPL 2026 for preparing him and Afghanistan for the high-profile India series
Allah Ghazanfar has revealed about the Afghanistan national cricket team’s preparation for the upcoming three-match ODI series against the India national cricket team. The 20-year-old spinner revealed that while he and others were busy with IPL 2026, the rest of the team trained in Kabul. After this series, Afghanistan will host India in the white ball series.
The young spinner feels that the time spent in India during IPL 2026 has helped him and his teammates adjust to the hot weather and pitches. Therefore, Ghazanfar believes that the Afghan players are well prepared and confident for the ODI series against India.
RavSportz quoted Allah Ghazanfar as saying: “First of all, the IPL was very good for me. The thing is that it is very hot here, so we adjusted a little to the heat. Before that, we had a camp in Kabul, I think for 30 days. We were in the IPL, and the rest of our team was in Kabul. Their preparation was also very good. We have already adjusted to the pitches and the weather here. And we will see That’s how it happens with practice, but the players are very good.” Energetic. God willing, the outcome will be good.”
Allah Ghazanfar reveals master plan for Rohit Sharma
Ghazanfar enjoyed an impressive season with Mumbai Indians and gained valuable experience by sharing the dressing room with players like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. He bowled a lot to Rohit during the IPL and now he aims to use that experience in the upcoming ODI series against India.
The young spinner further added, “Rohit bhai is a legend and a very good player. My try is…he opens the batting, and I bowl with the new ball. Whatever I have learned from him, I will use it to my advantage and see what happens. Yes, in batting…when I batted once, he gave me some tips at that time. So, thank you very much to him.”
My idol is our Afghanistan team: Allah Ghazanfar
Well, both Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya have been declared fit for Afghanistan ODI. When Ghazanfar was asked about his cricketing role model, he gave a heartfelt answer. The young spinner said that the entire Afghanistan cricket team inspired him while growing up. Ghazanfar also revealed that he started his cricket journey with tennis ball and gradually moved to hard-ball cricket in 2019.
He signed off by saying, “My idol is our Afghanistan team. We all used to look up to our national team at that time, so our team was our idol.”
