Afghanistan cricket की कहानी अब सिर्फ Kabul की चारदीवारी में बंद रहने वाली नहीं है... कम से कम Dawlat Ahmadzai की नई योजना यही कहती है। Afghanistan Cricket Board के newly appointed High Performance Center manager Dawlat Ahmadzai के सामने सबसे बड़ा सवाल कोई एक match, कोई एक player, या कोई एक series नहीं है... सवाल है पूरे Afghanistan में talent को सही रास्ता देने का। Kabul में बना High Performance Center अब तक training camps और skills development programmes का मुख्य केंद्र रहा है। लेकिन Dawlat Ahmadzai मानते हैं कि अगर असली talent देश के अलग-अलग regions में है... तो high performance resources भी वहीं तक पहुंचने चाहिए। उनका सपना है Regional High Performance Centers का ऐसा network, जहां coaching, strength and conditioning, sports science, medical support और performance analysis सिर्फ capital के players तक सीमित न रहें। कहानी यहीं खत्म नहीं होती... क्योंकि Dawlat Ahmadzai सिर्फ facilities बढ़ाना नहीं चाहते। वह एक ऐसा connected system बनाना चाहते हैं जिसमें talent identification से लेकर Under Nineteen cricket, domestic cricket, Emerging level, Afghanistan A और आखिर में national team तक... player की development हर stage पर आगे बढ़ती रहे, बार-बार zero से शुरू न हो। उनके मुताबिक talent होना काफी नहीं है। Player को जल्दी identify करना होगा... उसकी individual जरूरत समझनी होगी... progress लगातार monitor करनी होगी... injuries को सही तरीके से manage करना होगा... और उसे international cricket की physical, technical, tactical और mental demands के लिए तैयार करना होगा। Dawlat Ahmadzai का दूसरा बड़ा कदम selection process को High Performance Center से formally जोड़ना है। वह चाहते हैं कि selection panel को relevant players पर written performance reports मिलें... कौन next level के लिए ready है, किसे और development चाहिए, और किसे main High Performance Center या regional center में और तैयारी करनी चाहिए। यानी selection सिर्फ scorecard की चमक पर नहीं... development की पूरी कहानी पर आधारित हो। Dawlat Ahmadzai, जो Afghanistan के former all-rounder और former national selector भी रहे हैं, national team, domestic system और High Performance Center को अलग-अलग islands की तरह नहीं देखना चाहते। उनकी नजर में ये तीनों एक integrated performance system के हिस्से होने चाहिए... जहां communication साफ हो, objectives shared हों, और responsibilities defined हों। अगर national team किसी खास skill, position या player type की कमी पहचानती है... तो High Performance Center targeted development programme के जरिए उसका जवाब तैयार करे। Junior cricket भी इस vision का अहम हिस्सा है। Dawlat Ahmadzai ज्यादा meaningful junior competitions चाहते हैं ताकि young players professional cricket में आने से पहले regular competitive opportunities पा सकें। फिर Regional High Performance Centers उन्हें specialist support दें... और pathway उन्हें step by step ऊपर ले जाए। अगले three to five years में उनकी ambition और भी बड़ी है... High Performance Center को Afghanistan cricket development का engine बनाना। ऐसा engine, जो सिर्फ कुछ national players पैदा न करे... बल्कि international-ready players का मजबूत pool बनाए, coaches और support staff की quality सुधारे, injury prevention, rehabilitation और return to play systems मजबूत करे, और players को अपनी performance की जिम्मेदारी खुद लेने की culture दे। असली लक्ष्य सिर्फ यह नहीं कि national team के दरवाजे पर ज्यादा players दस्तक दें... असली लक्ष्य यह है कि domestic और international standards के बीच की दूरी छोटी हो, हर position के लिए genuine competition हो, और talent का इंतजार करने के बजाय Afghanistan खुद talent बनाने वाली system खड़ी करे। यही Dawlat Ahmadzai की legacy वाली सोच है... Kabul से बाहर निकलता हुआ एक pathway, regions से उठता हुआ talent, और national team तक पहुंचती हुई एक uninterrupted journey। इस पूरी कहानी को सुनने के लिए शुक्रिया। आप सुन रहे थे Guru News Network की खास cricket story... powered by द गुरु ज्ञान। भरोसेमंद cricket updates, smart analysis और तेज live match information के लिए द गुरु ज्ञान के official platforms से जुड़े रहिए... क्योंकि जब खेल इतना बड़ा हो, तो उसकी कहानी भी पूरी गहराई से सुनी जानी चाहिए।

Afghanistan cricket is standing at the edge of a structural idea that reaches far beyond a single squad, a single season, or the familiar boundaries of Kabul. At the center of that idea is Dawlat Ahmadzai, the Afghanistan Cricket Board's newly appointed High Performance Center manager, who has identified decentralisation as the defining challenge of his new role. The High Performance Center in Kabul has already served as a place for training camps and skills-development programmes. But Dawlat Ahmadzai believes the next chapter must be written across the regions, closer to the players whose talent may otherwise remain distant from elite resources. His vision is to build Regional High Performance Centers that carry coaching, strength and conditioning, sports science, medical support and performance analysis into a wider national network. It is not merely a plan to construct more facilities. It is an attempt to redesign the journey of an Afghanistan cricketer. In Dawlat Ahmadzai's model, talent should be identified early, developed according to individual needs, monitored continuously, protected through better injury management, and prepared for the physical, technical, tactical and mental demands of international cricket. The pathway itself must become seamless. Under Nineteen cricket, domestic cricket, Emerging level, Afghanistan A and the national team should not feel like disconnected worlds where development restarts every time a player moves upward. They should feel like chapters of the same book, each one carrying forward the work of the last. Dawlat Ahmadzai also wants the High Performance Center to become formally connected to selection and player progression. His proposal is straightforward but significant: relevant players should come with written High Performance Center performance reports, giving selectors a clearer view of who is ready for the next level, who still needs development, and who should remain within the main or regional high-performance system for further preparation. That would make player progression less fragmented and more accountable. The former Afghanistan all-rounder and former national selector also wants a much tighter relationship between the High Performance Center, the national team and domestic cricket. In his view, those departments should operate as one integrated performance system, with regular communication and shared objectives. If the national team identifies a shortage in a particular skill, role or type of player, the development system should be able to respond deliberately rather than wait for a solution to appear by chance. Junior cricket forms another important part of the blueprint. Dawlat Ahmadzai wants more meaningful competitions for young players before they enter professional cricket, giving them regular exposure to pressure and competitive standards. From there, Regional High Performance Centers would provide the specialist support needed to continue their progress. The horizon for this transformation is three to five years, and the ambition is substantial. Dawlat Ahmadzai wants the High Performance Center to become the engine of Afghanistan's cricket development system, producing a deeper pool of international-ready players, improving coaches and support staff, strengthening injury prevention, rehabilitation and return-to-play programmes, and creating a culture in which players take greater ownership of their own performance. Success, in this vision, would not be measured only by the number of cricketers who reach the national team. It would be measured by the shrinking gap between domestic and international standards, stronger competition for every position, better regional development and a sustainable system capable of producing international cricketers again and again. That is the larger story behind Dawlat Ahmadzai's plan. It is not simply about taking a High Performance Center beyond Kabul. It is about making sure Afghanistan cricket no longer waits for talent to find its way to the top, but builds a pathway strong enough to guide it there. Thank you for listening to this Guru News Network cricket feature, powered by The Guru Gyan. For trusted cricket updates, sharp analysis and fast live match information, stay connected with The Guru Gyan and its official platforms, where the story of the game is followed with context, clarity and the attention it deserves.