ICC condemns Pakistan’s airstrike in Paktika, mourns three Afghan cricketers’ deaths | Cricket Information

Native residents pray over the our bodies of victims of a Pakistani cross-border airstrike, together with three native cricketers, throughout a funeral within the village of Khandaro within the Argun district of Afghanistan's japanese Paktika province on Saturday (AP Picture/Shafiqullah Mashaal)

The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of three younger Afghan cricketers — Kabeer Agha, Sibghatullah, and Haroon — who have been amongst eight civilians killed in a reported aerial strike by Pakistan in Afghanistan's Paktika province on Saturday.In a media assertion, the ICC mentioned it was “deeply saddened and appalled by the tragic deaths of three younger and promising Afghan cricketers.”

The governing physique strongly condemned the assault, calling it an act of violence that had robbed “households, communities, and the cricketing world of three vibrant skills whose solely ambition was to play the game they liked.”In accordance with experiences, the three gamers have been returning residence after collaborating in a pleasant match when the assault occurred. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has since withdrawn from the upcoming tri-nation sequence in Pakistan, which was to characteristic Sri Lanka and start on November 17. The ACB mentioned the choice was made in protest in opposition to the lack of its gamers within the strike.Kabeer Agha, a promising top-order batter, had been near incomes a call-up to Afghanistan's Below-23 provincial camp. Sibghatullah, a medium-pacer from Paktika, represented the Urgun Warriors in native tournaments, whereas Haroon, an rising all-rounder and school scholar, was identified for his off-spin and middle-order batting.

The assault has drawn sturdy reactions from Afghan cricketers. Crew captain Rashid Khan labelled it “barbaric”, whereas former skipper Mohammad Nabi mentioned, “This incident is just not solely a tragedy for Paktika however for the whole Afghan cricket household and the nation as a complete.”Expressing its solidarity, the ICC mentioned it stood with the Afghanistan Cricket Board and the individuals of Afghanistan throughout this era of grief. “The ICC stands in solidarity with the Afghanistan Cricket Board and echoes their grief,” the assertion concluded.