<p class="title">Nestled in the mountain ranges of the Himalayas, the idyllic Dehradun could soon become the second 'home' ground of the Afghanistan cricket team, fast emerging as a unifying force in a war-ravaged country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Dehradun is likely to be Afghanistan's second home ground," a BCCI official told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The south Asian nation got its first home ground in India when the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the BCCI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority in 2015 to use the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Afghanistan cricket had received a massive fillip with the country securing Test status last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India will host Afghanistan's maiden Test match from June 14 to 18 in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The decision was taken after officials from the BCCI and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) met on Tuesday. BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary had said Bengaluru emerged as the best-possible venue for the historic match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For the venue at Greater Noida, a working agreement between the stakeholders saw the under-19 cricket teams of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe play their first one-day match on December 13 there.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dehradun houses the Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium, a multi-purpose facility and the state's only international level stadium.</p>
<p class="title">Nestled in the mountain ranges of the Himalayas, the idyllic Dehradun could soon become the second 'home' ground of the Afghanistan cricket team, fast emerging as a unifying force in a war-ravaged country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Dehradun is likely to be Afghanistan's second home ground," a BCCI official told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The south Asian nation got its first home ground in India when the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the BCCI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority in 2015 to use the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Afghanistan cricket had received a massive fillip with the country securing Test status last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India will host Afghanistan's maiden Test match from June 14 to 18 in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The decision was taken after officials from the BCCI and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) met on Tuesday. BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary had said Bengaluru emerged as the best-possible venue for the historic match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For the venue at Greater Noida, a working agreement between the stakeholders saw the under-19 cricket teams of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe play their first one-day match on December 13 there.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dehradun houses the Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium, a multi-purpose facility and the state's only international level stadium.</p>