Taliban refused to sponsor Afghanistan cricket team for world cup but Nabi is spending his own money to sponsor ?
Cricket remains one of the few bright sports for Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country in August this year.
Afghanistan Captain Mohammad Nabi Gets Emotional During National Anthem.
Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil is an Afghan cricketer who is the current captain of the T20 international team. Nabi is an all-rounder playing as a right-handed batsman and off break bowler. He played a major role in Afghanistan’s rise to the top level of international cricket, playing in both their first One Day International in April 2009 and their first Test match in June 2018. He captained the side during their first appearances in the 2014 Asia Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Nabi has also played in numerous Twenty20 franchise tournaments and was the first player from Afghanistan to be selected in the Indian Premier League player auction.
Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi could not control his tears when the country’s national anthem was played in Sharjah right before the start of their T20 World Cup campaign on Monday night. Afghanistan played Scotland in their first league match and won the game handsomely by 130 runs. Nabi was appointed the Afghanistan cricket team’s captain for the T20 World Cup after Rashid Khan backed down from the position to focus on his performance. Rashid Khan was named the skipper in July to lead his country for the T20 World Cup, but the spin wizard later claimed that his consent was not obtained before making the announcement. This is Nabi’s first ICC event as Afghanistan’s captain even though he had led the country in 12 T20Is between 2013 and 2014.
Did Mohammad Nabi Really Sponsor Afghan Team for the ICC T20 World Cup? In many social media we can see that Afghanistan’s Captain, Mohammad Nabi, spent his own money to cover his team’s expenses at the 2021 T20 World Cup. People around the world poured their hearts into blogs and posts, commending the Afghan skipper for such a remarkable feat. But, did he really do it? Congratulatory tweets from representatives of the Taliban regime suggest nothing of the sort. While the Taliban are opposed to many types of public entertainment, cricket has always been an exception since their fighters love watching the national team play even during times of war. Anything besides that is nothing more than “fake propaganda” against the new regime.
Afghanistan’s T20 success depends on their strong batting and the bowling attack of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Overall, more than half of their World Cup squad has played professional T20 cricket in other countries, and it would be foolish to even imagine that the Taliban would abandon players of their capabilities.