Ajay Jadeja named mentor of Afghanistan cricket team for Cricket World Cup

Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja has been appointed as the mentor of the Afghanistan cricket team during the duration of the Cricket World Cup in India. Jadeja has joined the team in Guwahati where Afghanistan will take on Sri Lanka in their second and final World Cup warm-up match on Tuesday, October 3.

Ajay Jadeja had been a prolific cricketer for India and he worked as coach of Delhi in 2015 in domestic cricket following which he took up commentary duties. Jadeja was seen overseeing the preparations of the Afghanistan cricket team at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.

The Afghanistan cricket team will be in action in their 3rd World Cup appearance after 2015 and 2019 and it seems they have roped in Jadeja for adding local knowledge to the team.

"Former Indian Captain and



middle-order batter Ajay Jadeja has been appointed as the Mentor of the Afghanistan National Cricket Team for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023," ACB said in a release.

Ajay Jadeja 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. He has also represented India in 196 One Day Internationals (ODIs) during the period, having scored 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 and 291 List A games and has scored over 8000 runs in each format with 31 hundreds and 88 fifties combined in both formats of the game.

Afghanistan are scheduled to take the field against Bangladesh for its first game in this year’s event on October 7 in Dharamshala.