Franchise money and national duty pulling in opposite directions, as usual.
Afghanistan's Rashid Khan will miss a one-off Test against India next month but selectors on Tuesday included the ace spinner in the squad for the three-match one-day series.
While Afghanistan's cricket rise mirrors the sporting ambitions across emerging nations from Nigeria to Rwanda, Rashid Khan's selective availability exposes the brutal economics of modern cricket, where franchise leagues pay more in a month than national teams offer in a year, forcing players from the Global South to choose between patriotic duty and financial survival in ways their counterparts from cricket's traditional powers never face.
While Afghanistan's cricket rise mirrors the sporting ambitions across emerging nations from Nigeria to Rwanda, Rashid Khan's selective availability exposes the brutal economics of modern cricket, where franchise leagues pay more in a month than national teams offer in a year, forcing players from the Global South to choose between patriotic duty and financial survival in ways their counterparts from cricket's traditional powers never face.
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