Rashid Khan will be hoping to support Afghanistan to a win in Australia.© Twitter
Australia will host Afghanistan for a solitary Test match in November subsequent year as per the agreement amongst Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and Cricket Australia (CA). ACB in a statement mentioned the postponed Test against Australia will now be played in 2021. The Test was initially scheduled to be played from November 21 this year at Perth Stadium but due to the international COVID-19 pandemic, Cricket Australia referred to as-off the Test and decided to hold it at a later date. Afghanistan obtained Test status in 2017 and has played 4 Test matches so far, winning two of them against Ireland and Bangladesh.
On the other hand, Australia are at present hosting India for the 4-match Test series. The hosts took a 1- lead in the series immediately after defeating India by eight-wicket in the pink-ball Test at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
Both the sides will now lock horns in the second Test which will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26. Ajinkya Rahane is set to take on the function of stand-in captain in the remaining 3 games of the series as skipper Virat Kohli will return household immediately after becoming granted paternity leave by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).