{"id":84288,"date":"2023-01-13T08:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=84288"},"modified":"2023-01-13T08:03:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:33:06","slug":"rashid-khan-is-rethinking-his-future-in-the-big-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/rashid-khan-is-rethinking-his-future-in-the-big-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashid Khan Is Rethinking His Future In The Big Bash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strikers superstar and Afghan national Rashid Khan is \u201cstrongly considering\u201d his future in the BBL after Cricket Australia announced its men\u2019s team would not play against Afghanistan in an upcoming series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/fiveaa-summer-sports-show-podcast-12-january-2022\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"FIVEAA Summer Sports Show Podcast - 12 January 2022\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a statement from CA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Australian men\u2019s team will not play against Afghanistan in a scheduled three-match ODI series in the UAE in March, after recent announcements from the Taliban restricting the freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cricket Australia is committed to supporting growing the game for women and men around the world, including in Afghanistan, and will continue to engage with the Afghanistan Cricket Board in anticipation of improved conditions for women and girls in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cgQ2p21X2Q\">pic.twitter.com\/cgQ2p21X2Q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketAus\/status\/1613400206749630465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the move, Khan announced he was reconsidering his future in the Aussie league:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cricket! The only hope for the country.<br>Keep politics out of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketAus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CricketAus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACBofficials?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ACBofficials<\/a> \u2665\ufe0f \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb \u2665\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZPpvOBetPJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZPpvOBetPJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rashidkhan_19\/status\/1613517048184975362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strikers superstar and Afghan national Rashid Khan is \u201cstrongly considering\u201d his future in the BBL after Cricket Australia announced its men\u2019s team would not play against Afghanistan in an upcoming series. According to a statement from CA: \u201cThe Australian men\u2019s team will not play against Afghanistan in a scheduled three-match ODI series in the UAE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":84289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-84288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rashid Khan Is Rethinking His Future In The Big Bash - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/rashid-khan-is-rethinking-his-future-in-the-big-bash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rashid Khan Is Rethinking His Future In The Big Bash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strikers superstar and Afghan national Rashid Khan is \u201cstrongly considering\u201d his future in the BBL after Cricket Australia announced its men\u2019s team would not play against Afghanistan in an upcoming series. 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