The history and rise of the Afghanistan National Cricket Team in international cricket:
Afghanistan gained ICC affiliate membership in 2001 and ICC associate membership in 2013.
They rapidly progressed playing in ICC World Cricket League events and winning World T20 qualification.
Afghanistan qualified for the T20 World Cup in 2010 and the 50-over World Cup for the first time in 2015.
They were granted full ICC membership and Test status in 2017.
Afghanistan won their first Test match in 2019 against Ireland.
They have qualified for all major ICC global events recently.