Spin wizard Rashid Khan and allrounder Mohammad Nabi will spearhead Afghanistan’s assault on the 2019 World Cup after a 15-man squad was announced on Monday.
Seaming allrounder Gulbadin Naib will captain the side wh✨en they head to England and Wales for the global showpiece which begins on May 🍷30, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said.
Veteran batsman Javed Ahmadi and f♍ast bowler Shapoor Zadran were ignored by the selecౠtors, who instead opted for hard-hitting opening batsman Hazratullah Zazai.
Fast bowler Hamid Hassan returns to the side for the fi𝔉rst time since 2017 because of fitness issues along🦄side other frontline quicks Dawlat Zadran and Aftab Alam.
While most of the Afghan players are a✃t a t🦋raining camp in South Africa, the spinners are all warming up for the World Cup in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Ikram Ali Khil and the pace duo of Ka🍸rim Janat and Sayed Shirzad were named reserve players for the team, who begin their campaign against reigning champions Australia on June 1.
Afghanistan’s squad for the 2019 World Cup:
Gulbadin Naib (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Z♔adran, Hazratulla🗹h Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan and Mujeeb ur Rahman.
