Afghanistan Cricket Board
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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Abbreviation | ACB |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Regional affiliation | Asia |
| Affiliation date | 2001 |
| Location | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Coach |
 Lalchand Rajput
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Afghanistan Cricket Board (formerly Afghanistan Cricket Federation) is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Afghanistan. Its current headquarters is in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board is Afghanistan's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member of ICC since June 2013. Before that it was an affiliate member and has been a member of that body since 2001. It is also a member of the Asian Cricket Council.
Atif Mashal is the current Chairman of the ACB. He was appointed as the Chairman on 18 December 2016 by the Afghan president after Nasim Danish was sacked due to allegations of favoritism and irregulation in the selection of players. The allegations were put forth by two national players Shapoor Zadran and Shafiqullah Shafaq and it caused a social media storm which led to the sacking of Nasim Danish. He had served as the chairman for two years whereas the term is for five years normally.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is the patron-in-chief of the board.
On 11 November 2010, the Afghan national women's cricket team was formed. This was to help females understand the game of cricket and have a parallel team to that of the men. Also policy states that as per Islamic tradition women can wear a headscarf or hijab which is their own choice.
In July 2016, ACB unveiled a strategic plan and set targets for Afghanistan to be a top-six ODI team by 2019 and a top-three team in both T20Is and ODIs by 2025. In Order to achieve this, ACB created a proposal to be presented to BCCI, in the works to secure annual bilateral matches against India and teams touring India beginning next year. Shafiq Stanikzai, Chief Executive of ACB, said the draft had been presented to BCCI president Anurag Thakur in May and further discussions had happened during the ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh in June, 2016.
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