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World Cup 2023: Ajay Jadeja Joins Afghanistan Cricket Team as Mentor

Written by Rohit Pawar

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has hired former India captain Ajay Jadeja as team mentor for the ICC ODI World Cup in India.

Ajay Jadeja has played 15 test matches for India from 1992 to 2000, scoring 576 runs at 26.18 with 4 half-centuries to his name and a best of 96.

Jadeja has also represented India in 196 ODIs, scoring 5359 runs at 37.47 with 6 hundreds and 30 fifties to his name in the format.

He has also been part of 111 first class matches, Jadeja has amassed 8100 runs, while in 291 List A games he has scored over 8300 runs.

Afghanistan managed just a solitary win against Scotland in their first 2015 World Cup and lost all nine matches in the 2019 tournament.

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