India's Virat Kohli and Pakistan's Babar Azam can be seen playing in the same team. Both can participate in the Afro-Asia Cup as members of the Asia team. Actually, efforts are being made to hold the Afro-Asia Cup again after 17 years.
The tournament was last held in 2007, when matches were held between Asia-11 and Africa-11. The African Cricket Council (ACA) formed a committee to restart the tournament at its Annual General Meeting on Saturday.
In the last match of the Afro-Asia Cup-2007, former Indian captain MS Dhoni had played a century inning of 139 runs unbeaten. He was the player of the match.
The last match of the 2007 season was won by Asia-11 by 13 runs. Dhoni and Jayawardene made a partnership of 218 runs in the match. Asia won this series 3-0.
What is Afro-Asia Cup? This is an intercontinental cup, which takes place between teams from Asia and Africa. In this, the teams of Asia-11 and Africa-11 play a 3-match series among themselves. The team that wins more than one match is called the winner. The series also has international status.
In 2007, the Asian team won the series 3-0. The last season of the tournament took place in 2007. After that, the third season was proposed in 2009, but since then it could not be organized till now. Asia-11 has won the only title of the tournament. The team became champion in 2007 by winning the series 3-0. At the same time, in 2005, the opening season of the tournament was tied at 1-1. One match of that series was inconclusive.
Both teams for the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup
Asia-11: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Yousuf, Virender Sehwag, Upul Tharanga, Yuvraj Singh, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mohammad Rafiq, Dilhara Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Mashrafe Mortaza and Mohammad Asif.
Africa-11: Justin Camp (captain), Mark Boucher (wk), AB de Villiers, Boeta Dippenaar, Vusi Sibanda, Steve Tikolo, Johan Botha, Elton Chigumbura, Albie Morkel, Thomas Odoyo, Shaun Poullock, Morne Morkel, Peter Ongodo, Hiren Vaaraya.
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