The Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced the 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, while the same squad has been retained for the three-match T20 series against the West Indies in the UAE ahead of the World Cup.
In the ICCT Twenty World Cup, under the leadership of Rashid Khan, Afghan team Ibrahim Zardan will be the vice-captain, 2 defenders Rahimullah Garbaz and Muhammad Ishaq are also present.
Apart from those other players, Siddiqullah Atal, Darwish Rasul, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Umar Zai, Gul Badin Naib, Muhammad Nabi, Nur Ahmed, Mujib Rahman, Naveenul Haq, Fazalulhaq Faruqi and Abdullah Ahmadzai are 15 people.
The Afghan team has also announced the names of three reserve players for the three-match T20 series against West Indies and the ICCT Twenty20 World Cup, which include AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmedzai and Zia Arhman.
Afghanistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Naseeb Khan says the team’s performance in the last World Cup was memorable. We are proud of these great past memories and hope to achieve even better results in this event held in Asian conditions.
It may be recalled that Afghanistan had performed brilliantly in the last T20 World Cup 2024 and reached the semi-finals of an ICC event for the first time, but they lost to South Africa by 9 wickets in this semi-final.
The T20 series between Afghanistan and West Indies will be played in UAE from January 19 to 22. In the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan have been placed in Group D where they will face New Zealand, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and Canada. Afghanistan will play their first match against New Zealand on February 8 in Chennai.
