Afghanistan announces squads for the upcoming white-ball tour of Zimbabwe

Afghanistan, on Tuesday, introduced their limited-overs squads for the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour, beginning within the first week of June.

Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will first meet within the ODI sequence that shall be adopted by the T20I fixtures. The ODI leg shall be a part of the World Cup Tremendous League, the place Afghanistan are presently at No. 5 with seven wins in 9 video games, whereas Zimbabwe are in twelfth place with three wins in 12 matches.

Senior all-rounder Gulbadin Naib has been dropped from the ODI squad attributable to his poor run of type within the format, with the very best rating of 36 in seven innings for the reason that starting of 2021. Naib, who captained the facet within the 2019 World Cup, final performed the ODI sequence in opposition to Bangladesh in February-March, the place he took three wickets.

Naib has been changed with left-arm spinner Zia ur Rahman Akbar, who had a fruitful time within the home One-Day Cup, the place he picked up 14 wickets at a mean of 12. Equally, star spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman shall be a part of the ODIs however not the T20Is due to his commitments within the T20 Blast, the place he’ll characterize Middlesex.

Hashmatullah Shahidi shall be main the ODI facet, with Rahmat Shah as his deputy. In the case of the T20 workforce, senior all-rounder Mohammad Nabi shall be captaining the unit with Najibullah Zadran because the vice-captain.

Listed below are Afghanistan’s squads:

• ODI Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Ibrahim Zadran, Ikram Alikhail, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Riaz Hassan, Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmadzai, Zia ur Rahman Akbar
• T20I squad: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran (vc), Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ihsanullah Janat, Karim Janat, Nijat Masoud, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Usman Ghani