Former Indian batter Ajay Jadeja has been appointed as the mentor of the Afghanistan Cricket Team for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 which will start on October 5 in India.

• Ajay Jadeja has played 15 test matches for India from 1992 to 2000, scoring 576 runs at 26.18 with 4 half centuries to his name and a best of 96.
• He has also represented India in 196 One Day Internationals (ODIs) during the period, having scored 5359 runs at 37.47 with 6 hundred and 30 fifties to his name in the format, as per the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) press release.
• He has also been part of 111 First Class and 291 List A games and has scored over 8000 runs in each format with 31 hundreds and 88 fifties combined in both formats of the game.
• Currently, the Afghanistan Cricket team is in India getting ready for the World Cup.