Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Monday (December 13) that the Indian men's cricket team will host Afghanistan for three ODI matches in March 2022.

According to the Future Tour Program (FTP) for 2022-23, a total number of 11 ODI, four T20I and two Test series have been included in the Afghanistan schedule for the upcoming two years.

Besides the series against India, Afghanistan will be locking horns with Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Australia, Ireland in 2022.

The aforementioned series are scheduled on a home and away basis. Afghanistan will play 18 home and 34 away games, apart from featuring in the Asia Cup 2022, T20 World Cup 2022, Asia Cup 2023 and ODI World Cup 2023.

"Out of the 52 matches included in Afghanistan's schedule from 2022 to 2023, there will be 37 ODIs, 12 T20Is and 3 tests. Considering the fact that Afghanistan will be playing 7 ODI series in the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, as well as will participate in four major limited-overs events such as Asia Cup 2022 (T20 format), ICC T20 World Cup 2022, the Asia Cup 2023 (ODI format) & the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023," the ACB said in an official release.

Meanwhile, the ACB is negotiating with the Pakistan Cricket Board to reschedule the postponed three-match ODI series for the February-March 2023 window (yet to be confirmed), which was scheduled to be conducted in September 2021 and was postponed indefinitely due to logistical challenges.

Moreover, the ACB is in talks with other cricket nations to arrange more bilateral matches for the national team, as part of the ICC Future Tours Program, which will be announced in due course.

(With ANI inputs)