{"id":177073,"date":"2026-06-05T06:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177073"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:49:33","slug":"ind-vs-afg-test-afghanistan-coach-pybus-calls-for-more-exposure-credits-bcci-for-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177073","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AFG Test: Afghanistan coach Pybus calls for more exposure, credits BCCI for opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Richard Pybus will take charge of his first Test as Afghanistan\u2019s head coach on Saturday and urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to allot more games to the side going forward.<\/p>\n

The match against India will be Afghanistan\u2019s 13th in the longest format, and Pybus said that maintaining continuity requires a team playing more than merely two Tests a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe onus is with the ICC, you know. It\u2019s one thing to get full membership, but then you need to get a full fixture list [too]. And it can\u2019t be that the development of teams is just based on the exposure they get at World Cups. I don\u2019t think anybody could have conceived 20 years ago where Afghanistan cricket would be now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the series started to become two-Test affairs, to me it made absolutely no sense because you don\u2019t want a series which is a tie. There needs to be a three or a five-Test series. I think credit to the BCCI, they\u2019ve given us plenty of cricket this year, which is fantastic for us to be able to develop,\u201d Pybus said before the one-off Test on Friday.<\/p>\n

Pybus takes over from Jonathan Trott, who secured the nation\u2019s fourth Test victory over Zimbabwe in 2024. Though the Englishman\u2019s four-year spell coincided with one of Afghanistan\u2019s most successful tenures, Pybus said he will take his own approach in leading the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did have a chat with Jonathan to hear from him about the role, just to really get a sense of his journey. And also to congratulate him, because he\u2019s done so well in helping to develop the side. I start with a blank slate, though. So, I\u2019m not really interested in how other coaches\u2019 thoughts, feelings, perceptions were of players,\u201d Pybus said.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest challenges Pybus faces is getting some of Afghanistan\u2019s biggest names to play regularly in the whites.<\/p>\n

For the game in New Chandigarh, leg-spinner Rashid Khan and opening batter Ibrahim Zadran are the notable absentees.<\/p>\n

Explaining the reason for their omission, Pybus said, \u201cRashid has got this long-standing back complaint. He\u2019s got such a huge volume of cricket that he needs to manage himself. I look forward to having that conversation to see how we can support him, not just with the opportunity to play some red-ball cricket, but just generally make sure he can play as long and as healthy as possible for Afghanistan. Ibrahim is coming back from a little bit of a niggle. [Otherwise] He would have been in contention for this series.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last time Afghanistan played in India, it lost by an innings and 262 runs with neither of its innings lasting more than two sessions.<\/p>\n

But this year, the Afghans are hoping to make a fist of it, up against an Indian team that has lost two of its last three home series and is undergoing a transition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re fully focused on this Test match. Where India is at, as Gautam [Gambhir] and the skipper settling their side and building it and developing it, all sides go through that period. Our focus is on, as clich\u00e9 as it sounds, really our controllables; what we need to do, and just like the Indian players have come out of the IPL and they\u2019ve got to transition very quickly, our boys are just coming out of a one-day competition. So, it\u2019s really about getting your Test match head on, getting your mindset right, getting your game plans right, going out and delivering it,\u201d Pybus said.<\/p>\n

Published on Jun 05, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Richard Pybus will take charge of his first Test as Afghanistan\u2019s head coach on Saturday and urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to allot more games to the side going forward. 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