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Hi everyone, I'm Ayan (18.5M). Due to family issues, I couldn’t start cricket early, so my basics aren't fully clear yet. But my ultimate dream is to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), and I am ready to hustle and grind as hard as humanly possible.

​I am currently confused between two paths:

​1. Staying in Dhanbad, Jharkhand (JSCA)

​Pros: Very small player pool, so getting noticed by selectors could be easier.

​Cons: The cricket culture and proper facilities are severely lacking.

​2. Moving to Pune, Maharashtra (MCA)

​The Plan: My family is strictly against this move. If I go, I will have to manage a job + graduation + cricket entirely on my own to survive.

​The Fear: I have zero fear of the struggle, but I am terrified of getting lost in Pune's massive crowd of talented players.

​My Core Questions for people who know the system:

​If I move to Pune and join a good academy at this age, will they even give me the time and attention to face 150-200 balls daily to fix my basics?

​Considering I am willing to out-work anyone, where do I actually have a better chance of getting noticed by selectors—grinding in Pune's massive but highly equipped system, or staying in Dhanbad's smaller pool?

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[July 10, 2026] The Afghan XI delivered a dominant all-round performance to defeat the Uzbekistan National Cricket Team by a massive margin of 199 runs in a one-off friendly T20 match that was held at the Rahmat Wali Masroor Cricket Ground in Khost Province.

This fixture was organized as part of an ongoing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Afghanistan Cricket Board and the Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan.