Afghanistan, on Tuesday, introduced their limited-overs squads for the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour, beginning in the first week of June.
Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will first meet in the ODI collection that can be adopted by the T20I fixtures. The ODI leg can be half of the World Cup Super League, the place Afghanistan are at present 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 because of his poor run of type in the format, with the highest rating of 36 in seven innings since the starting of 2021. Naib, who captained the aspect in the 2019 World Cup, final performed the ODI collection towards 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 in the home One-Day Cup, the place he picked up 14 wickets at a median of 12. Similarly, star spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman can be half of the ODIs however not the T20Is as a result of of his commitments in the T20 Blast, the place he’ll characterize Middlesex.
Hashmatullah Shahidi can be main the ODI aspect, with Rahmat Shah as his deputy. When it involves the T20 group, senior all-rounder Mohammad Nabi can be captaining the unit with Najibullah Zadran as the vice-captain.
Here 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