Irish national cricket team against Afghanistan in the 2019/20 season

The Irish national cricket team tour against Afghanistan in the 2019/20 season took place in India from March 6 to March 10, 2020 . The international cricket tour was part of the 2019/20 international cricket season and included three Twenty20s . Afghanistan won the series 2−1.

prehistory

Afghanistan previously played a tour against the West Indies , Ireland a tour in the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in India in the 2018/19 season . A test was originally planned for this tour, but the Irish Federation's financial crisis has canceled it.

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex	Greater Noida	8,000	1st - 3rd T20

Afghanistan named its squad on February 7, 2020. Ireland named its squad on February 12, 2020.

Twenty20
Afghanistan	Ireland
Asghar Afghan ( K ) Qais Ahmad Usman Ghani Rahmanullah Gurbaz ( wk ) Karim Janat Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Azmatullah Omarzai Samiullah Shenwari Naveen-ul-Haq Mujeeb Ur Rahman Najibullah Zadran Shapoor Zadran Hazratullah Zazai	Andrew Balbirnie ( K ) Gareth Delany George Dockrell Stephen Doheny Shane Getkate Joshua Little Barry McCarthy Kevin O'Brien Boyd Rankin Simi Singh Paul Stirling Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker Gary Wilson Craig Young

March 6th scorecard	Greater Noida	Ireland 172-6 (20)	-	Afghanistan 133-5 (15/15)
		Afghanistan wins with 11 runs ( D / L method )

March 8 scorecard	Greater Noida	Afghanistan 184-4 (20)	-	Ireland 163-6 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 21 runs

March 10 scorecard	Greater Noida	Ireland 142-8 (20) / 12-1 (1)	-	Afghanistan 142-7 (20) / 8-1 (1)
		Ireland wins by Super Over

^ Ian Callender: Cash crisis forces Cricket Ireland to ax home Test against Bangladesh and three T20 internationals ( English ) Belfast Telegraph. December 17, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
↑ Shapoor Zadran returns to Afghanistan's T20I squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 7, 2020. Accessed February 15, 2020.
↑ Shane Getkate in Ireland squad for T20Is against Afghanistan in India ( English ) Cricinfo. February 12, 2020. Accessed February 15, 2020.


September	Bangladesh versus Afghanistan \| United States Tri-Nation Series 2019/20 (September) \| Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series 2019/20 \| South Africa in India \| Singapore Tri-Nation Series 2019/20 \| Sri Lanka in Pakistan
October	Oman Pentangular Series 2019/20 \| ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 \| Sri Lanka in Australia
November	England in New Zealand \| Pakistan in Australia \| Bangladesh in India \| West Indies versus Afghanistan
December	West Indies in India \| United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series 2019/20 \| New Zealand in Australia \| England in South Africa
January	Sri Lanka in India \| Oman Tri-Nation Series 2019/20 \| Ireland in the West Indies \| Australia in India \| Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe \| Bangladesh in Pakistan \| India in New Zealand
February	Nepal Tri-Nation Series 2019/20 \| Australia in South Africa \| Zimbabwe in Bangladesh \| West Indies in Sri Lanka
March	Ireland versus Afghanistan in India \| England in Sri Lanka \| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Centenary Matches 2020 \| Australia in New Zealand \| Netherlands in Namibia
April	United States Tri-Nation Series 2019/20 (April) \| Ireland in Zimbabwe \| Namibia Tri-Nation Series 2019/20