Afghanistan Squad Announced: Mohammad Nabi Dropped From T20Is, Rashid Khan Rested From Tests

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Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced its squads for the upcoming assignments against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Experienced all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has been dropped from the T20I squad, while Darwish Rasooli has been left out of both the ODI and T20I teams.

Rahmat Shah will captain Afghanistan in Tests and ODIs. The ODI squad includes Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and Fazal Haq Farooqi.

Ibrahim Zadran will lead the T20I team, which features Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Akram, Shahidullah Kamal, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abdullah Tarakhil, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Fareed Ahmad Malik has been promoted to the main squad.

Afghanistan will play Bangladesh in a one-off Test from October 9 to 13 in Abu Dhabi, followed by an ODI tri-series involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe from October 17 to 23.

Afghanistan will then face Zimbabwe in three T20Is on October 27, 29 and November 1, followed by two Tests in Sharjah. Rashid Khan and Ibrahim Zadran remain rested from Test cricket on medical advice.
Afghanistan Test squad: Rahmat Shah (Captain), Ikram Alikhail (Vice-Captain & WK), Afsar Zazai (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Malik, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rahmanullah Zadran, Shahidullah Kamal, Ismat Alam, Qais Ahmad, Zia Ur Rahman Akbar, Khalil Gurbaz, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Yamin Ahmadzai.

Reserves: Baheer Shah Mahboob, Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, Bilal Sami, Bashir Ahmad.

Afghanistan ODI squad: Rahmat Shah (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Vice-Captain & WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyalai Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Bilal Sami, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Yamin Ahmadzai.

Travelling reserve: Qais Ahmad.

Afghanistan T20I squad: Ibrahim Zadran (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Noor Rahman (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Akram, Shahidullah Kamal, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abdullah Tarakhil, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Farid Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Faridoon Dawoodzai, Qais Ahmad, Nangyalai Khan.

Saurabh Sharma

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