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Afghanistan's skipper Rashid Khan (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)
Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan has removed Lahore Qalandars from his societal media bio, pursuing his country’s determination to retreat from the upcoming tri-nation T20I bid successful Pakistan. The withdrawal comes successful protestation against caller Pakistani airstrikes successful Afghanistan, which reportedly killed 8 civilians, including 3 young cricketers.
Rashid Khan X handle
Rashid, wide regarded arsenic 1 of Afghanistan’s astir influential cricketers, had antecedently listed each his large teams connected X (formerly Twitter), including the nationalist side, Gujarat Titans successful the IPL, Adelaide Strikers successful the BBL, and Lahore Qalandars successful the PSL. The latest update present shows the Qalandars removed, leaving lone his IPL and BBL affiliations alongside the Afghanistan nationalist team.
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The alteration followed a powerfully worded connection from Rashid condemning the airstrikes and expressing enactment for the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) determination to propulsion retired of the bid scheduled successful Lahore from November 17 to 29.
The tri-series was to diagnostic Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.
Rashid Khan station connected X
“I americium profoundly saddened by the nonaccomplishment of civilian lives successful the caller Pakistani aerial strikes — a calamity that claimed women, children, and young cricketers aspiring to correspond Afghanistan connected the planetary stage,” Rashid wrote connected X. “These unlawful actions are a sedate usurpation of quality rights. I afloat enactment the ACB’s determination to withdraw. Our nationalist dignity indispensable travel first.”
The ACB confirmed that the 3 cricketers killed successful the attacks — Kabeer, Sibghatullah, and Haroon — were from Paktika’s Urgun district, portion 7 others were injured.Afghan players person expressed beardown reactions to the incident. All-rounder Gulbadin Naib posted: “This brutal enactment by the Pakistani service is an battle connected our people, pride, and independence, but it volition ne'er interruption the Afghan spirit.”The determination by Rashid Khan, some successful nationalist statements and his bio update, underscores the increasing hostility and the affectional toll of the attacks connected Afghan cricket, arsenic the squad takes a steadfast basal connected nationalist dignity and respect for the lives lost.
