Rashid Khan has been appointed the captain of Afghanistan team in all formats. Former skipper Asghar Afghan will be his deputy, the Afghanistan Cricket B🥀oard (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 Crickeꦿt 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 th🐎ree 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 Afghanistan൩ for the captain of National te💟am.i am strongly support u as a leader.
— Gulbadin Naib (@GbNaib)
Afghanistan Cricket Team new captain in all fo🐠rmats is champion . Very wise decision and congratulations t♔o Afghanistan and all cricket fans. We have high hopes for 2020 in . 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Diva Patang (@DivaPatang)
Presenting the new captain of across for𒆙mats – 🙌 (📸: ICC)
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Congratul𒈔atℱions to who has been named Afghanistan captain across all three formats 🇦🇫
— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag)
Congratulations 👏
— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL)
