Explained: Why Afghanistan’s ‘Home’ T20I Series Vs India Is Being Played In India

Afghanistan hosts India in historic T20I series at Arun Jaitley Stadium. India plays as away team on home turf, boosting Afghanistan Cricket Board.

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Afghanistan’s “home” T20I series vs. India is in India.

Security concerns & BCCI ties facilitate the arrangement.

India is the “away” team on its own turf for the series.

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India to play three T20Is against Afghanistan in September. (Picture Credit: X/@ICC, X/@BCCI)

The Ibrahim Zadran-led Afghanistan side is all set to host Shreyas Iyer’s India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi in a three-match T20I series starting Sunday, September 13.

The Iyer-led team are the designated away team, while the hosts retain home-team status despite playing outside their own nation.

The two subcontinent teams had faced each other in a one-off Test and three ODIs in India earlier this year, with India serving as the official hosts and Afghanistan the visiting team.

Two months later, however, the roles have been reversed. This isn’t the first time Afghanistan have played a ‘home’ series in India, with the team having used venues in Dehradun, Greater Noida, Lucknow and Delhi as home grounds for years because of security concerns.

But it does mark the first instance of India being the ‘away’ team on their own turf. Afghanistan had also adopted the United Arab Emirates as their home base for a period after international cricket resumed in Pakistan.

But the recent West Asia crisis prompted Afghanistan to return to India as their primary home venue. Strong ties between BCCI and the Afghanistan Cricket Board have paved the way for this unusual yet beneficial arrangement, with the Zadran-led team all set to enjoy a significant financial boost from broadcast rights and ticket sales as the designated ‘home’ team.

As per a recent Hindustan Times report, the ACB is all set to earn $2 million per match from media rights. With packed crowds assured for T20Is in India during the festive period, the home team is also expected to generate a significant sum from ticket sales.

“This series holds great significance for Afghanistan cricket and represents another important step in the development of our longstanding relationship with the BCCI,” Afghanistan Cricket Board Chair Mirwais Ashraf had said.

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