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) anno💎unced 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 A🔜fghans 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 format🎶s – 🙌 (📸: ICC)
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Congratulations to who has been named Afghanistan captain acro💞ss all three formats �♎�🇫
— The Cricketer (@TheCricketerMag)
Congratulations 👏
— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL)
