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Twitter Reactions after ICC awarded Test status to Ireland & Afghanistan

In what turned out to be a historic Thursday for World Cricket, Afghanistan and Ireland rejoiced as ICC elevated them to full member Nations. This historic decision was taken during the Annual General Meeting of the ICC held yesterday in London.

In their quest for getting a recognition as a test playing nation both the countries have been working hard on the domestic infrastructure and performance of the national team, all the efforts finally paid off when after almost a decade two nations were awarded test status simultaneously.

While Island stands the world when the beat Pakistan in 2007 world cup and repeated the hero in 2015 world cup against their neighbors England the promise and the improvement shown by Afghanistan in past few years has been exemplary.

Almost whole of the cricketing fraternity congratulation both the Nations for their efforts unappreciated ICC”s decision towards expanding cricket to more countries. This move is expected to encourage more children in different parts of the world to pick up bat and ball at very young age.

Twitter was in a very joyous mood, as it was a big day for every cricket lover, here is how Twitter reacted:

https://twitter.com/georgedockrell/status/877948740237225984

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