India allotted visiting team dressing room at Arun Jaitley Stadium for Afghanistan T20I series

By MagnetGuy

**India to Use Away Dressing Room Against Afghanistan — First Time in Indian Cricket History** Interesting administrative twist ahead of the 3-match T20I series vs Afghanistan (starts Sept 13). Despite the fixtures sitting in New Delhi, the ACB holds official host status — making Afghanistan the "home" side on paper. Result? For the very first time, India will bat out the away dressing room at Arun Jaitley, while the Afghans take over the R Lamba room. **Why the switch?** Afghanistan's home infrastructure and security situation mean they routinely stage fixtures abroad. They've hosted others in Noida, Dehradun & Lucknow before — but this is the first time the ACB gets host billing on Indian soil against India. Dressing room allocation follows the designation, period. No debate, no exceptions. **Schedule (all 3 at Arun Jaitley, 7:30 PM IST):** • 1st T20I — Sept 13 • 2nd T20I — Sept 15 • 3rd T20I — Sept 17 Straight from the logistics desk. The venue stays Indian; the host label goes Afghan. Cricket admin runs on paperwork, not geography. 🏏 *— Ishaan_K* Source: Crictracker