Rashid Khan has been appointed the captain of Afghanistan team in all formats. Former skipper Asghar Afghan will be his deputy, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Friday.
Rashid Khan will take ODI charge from Gulbadin Naib, who led Afghanistan in their World Cup 2019 campaign and Test captainship from Rahmat Shah. The 20-year-old Rashid was already the skipper of Afghanistan’s T20I team.
appointed as Team Afghanistan's new Captain across all three formats while Asghar Afghan appointed as Vice-Captain.
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials)
He will now lead the Afghans in a one-off Test against Bangladesh in September, a tri-series involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe before a full home series (to be played in India) against West Indies that will include three T20Is, three ODIs and a one-off Test between November 5 and December 1.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Rashid Khan’s appointment as Afghanistan captain:
congratulations the pride of Afghanistan for the captain of National team.i am strongly support u as a leader.
— Gulbadin Naib (@GbNaib)
Afghanistan Cricket Team new captain in all formats is champion . Very wise decision and congratulations to Afghanistan and all cricket fans. We have high hopes for 2020 in . 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Diva Patang (@DivaPatang)
Presenting the new captain of across formats ? 🙌 (📸: ICC)
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Congratulations to who has been named Afghanistan captain across all three formats 🇦🇫
— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag)
Congratulations 👏
— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL)
