How Afghanistan can get better at Test cricket

#3 - More A team tours

Games like the four-day Intercontinental cup matches will help a team like Afghanistan

Players in established cricketing countries are put to the grind from a young age, and by the time they make their Test debut, they have often played a tremendous amount of age group cricket, followed by A team tours to many a cricketing nation. Afghanistan loses out on this front because although they have exceptionally talented players like Rashid, Mujeeb and some excellent fast bowlers, they are short on the experience of playing competitive cricket.

There is no doubt that A team tours give young players the exposure they need in foreign conditions and allow them the time and space to hone their skills and craft. There is no better example than India, of how competitive A team tours can improve the player pool for a country. Afghanistan will be greatly benefitted if they pick a leaf out of India's book.