"We control what we can do inside the ground and we can't worry about what's happening out of the ground," he says

Afghanistan cricket team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has backed Afghan women's right to play the sport. However, he stressed that the matter was out of his hands. Shahidi's remarks came during a training session ahead of Afghanistan's ICC Champions Trophy match against England in Lahore on Wednesday.

Afghanistan men’s cricket team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi made it clear on Tuesday that women in his country should be allowed to play the game though he said it was beyond his control in a nation governed by strict religious laws.