T20 World Cup 2021: Will ICC bar Afghanistan from mega event after Australia threaten to cancel one-off Test
But
a
controversy
followed
soon
as
Rashid
Khan
stepped
down
as
captain
alleging
that
the
Afghanistan
Cricket
Board
did
not
consult
him
before
selecting
the
squad.
And
they
have
to
appoint
another
veteran
Mohammad
Nabi
as
the
skipper.
However,
another
more
worrying
aspect
is
the
new
Taliban
regime’s
policy
of
not
backing
women’s
sport,
cricket
in
particular
in
this
case.
Australia
had
already
asserted
that
the
one-off
Test
against
Pakistan
will
not
go
ahead
unless
the
Taliban
changes
its
policy.
Australia
Test
captain
Tim
Paine
backed
the
Cricket
Australia
stand.
“At
this
stage,
we’ve
heard
from
CA,
the
Australian
government,
the
Australian
Cricketers’ Association,
as
yet
we’ve
heard
nothing
from
the
ICC,
which
I
think
is
fascinating
given
there’s
a
T20
World
Cup
in
just
over
a
month’s
time
and
Afghanistan
are
in
that,”
Paine
said
on
SEN’s
Jack
&
Painey
show
as
quoted
by
the
Sydney
Morning
Herald.
“It
will
be
interesting
to
see
what
happens
in
that
space.
Does
a
team
get
kicked
out
of
the
World
Cup?
“We’ve
heard
literally
no
comment
from
the
ICC.
It
will
be
interesting
to
see
where
that
lands.
But
I
would
imagine
it’s
impossible
if
teams
are
pulling
out
from
playing
against
them
and
governments
are
not
letting
them
travel
to
our
shores
then
how
a
team
like
that
can
be
allowed
to
play
in
an
ICC-sanctioned
is
going
to
be
very,
very
hard
to
see,” he
said.
