Rashid Khan returns as Afghanistan title squad for Zimbabwe Checks

Rashid Khan has returned to the Afghanistan squad for the two-match take a look at sequence in opposition to Zimbabwe, which is scheduled to be performed from December 26, 2024 to January 6, 2025 in Bulawayo. Rashid appeared within the format again in March 2021 in opposition to the identical opposition in Abu Dhabi. Left-arm top-order batter Sediqullah Atal, who has already obtained ODI and T20I caps to his title, has been added to the Take a look at squad for the primary time.

Ismat Alam, a younger medium-fast bowling all-rounder, has been recalled to the Take a look at squad for the primary time after a powerful efficiency within the Ahmad Shah Abdali First Class Competitions, the place he scored 723 runs and took 12 wickets. Equally, sluggish left-arm spinner Zahir Shehzad has additionally been added to the staff after placing in some spectacular performances within the home FC competitions. Bashir Ahmad Afghan, a promising left-arm quick bowler, is the third participant who has been recalled for the primary time after selecting up 3o wickets at a powerful common of 17.36.

The squad contains a complete of seven uncapped gamers, which additionally consists of the likes of fast-bowling all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, left-arm fast-bowler Fareed Ahmad Malik, and top-order batter Riaz Hassan. They have been just lately a part of the squad for the (washed out) take a look at match in opposition to New Zealand however are but to make their Take a look at debuts.

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Ahmad Shah Sulimankhil, ACB’s interim chief selector: “Rashid Khan returns to the take a look at squad, which is a promising signal for our crimson ball recreation going ahead. The remainder of the staff underwent good preparations just lately in Nangarhar province, which featured 19 gamers and all of the assist employees to work with the gamers and guarantee full preparation for the sequence. We have now completely monitored the proceedings and have picked the squad which incorporates a number of new faces, together with Ismat Alam, Bashir Ahmad, and Zahir Shehzad, who’ve carried out nicely throughout the latest Ahmad Shah Abdali FC Match.”

This shall be Afghanistan’s eleventh Take a look at and the third in opposition to Zimbabwe. Afghanistan has beforehand gained three take a look at matches every in opposition to Eire (2019), Bangladesh (2019), and Zimbabwe (2021).

Afghanistan squad Zimbabwe Checks

Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmat Shah (VC), Ikram Alikhail (WK), Afsar Zazai (WK), Riaz Hassan, Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Malik, Baheer Shah Mahboob, Ismat Alam, Azmatullah Omarzai, Zahir Khan, Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, Zahir Shehzad, Rashid Khan, Yamin Ahmadzai, Bashir Ahmad Afghan, Naveed Zadran, and Fareed Ahmad Malik

Reserves: Nasir Jamal, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai