Etisalat Afghanistan, the official mobile phone company of Afghanistan Cricket Team has backed the Afghan National Cricket Team to perform outstandingly in the next month\'s Cricket series with Ireland Cricket team. 

The National Cricket Team left Kabul on Sunday for Ireland to play a series of ODI\'s and four day matches. Winning this series by The National Team gives them a chance to qualify for 2015 International Cricket Council ODI World Cup. The series also serves as preparation for the upcoming ICC Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka which the National Team of Afghanistan is participating for the second time in the Cricket history.

Afghanistan\'s national team has performed impressively in the last five years, moving up from Division five to the Cricket World cup in 2008. In Twenty20 cricket, National Cricket team of Afghanistan has already beaten several Full Member nations and is now ranked ninth, ahead of Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

Etisalat Afghanistan is part of Etisalat Group, one of the world\'s fastest-growing telecom groups, rapidly expanding across Asia and Africa and is the only telecom company to launch Third- generation (3G) services in Afghanistan.

Etisalat Afghanistan has been the long term supporter of Cricket in Afghanistan, which includes not only sponsoring the National Team but also developing the sports at the grass root levels through nationwide Hunt for Stars program & providing support to Afghanistan Cricket Board in their endeavors to expand the game to all regions of Afghanistan.

Media fraternity as well as noticeable sports personalities attended the ceremony today organized by Etisalat to send-off the National Cricket Team in high spirits. (PR)