Naveen-ul-Haq again in Afghanistan squad for World Cup
Fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq, who final performed an ODI in January 2021, has been known as up by Afghanistan for the 2023 ODI World Cup, which begins in India subsequent month.
Omarzai, who suffered a facet pressure throughout Afghanistan’s ODI collection towards Pakistan in August, is again within the workforce after lacking the Asia Cup.
Rashid Khan will spearhead a powerful spin assault that includes Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Noor Ahmad.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah type their prime order, with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi set to fit in at No. 4. Najibullah Zadran will even shore up the center order.
Allrounders Gulbadin Naib and Sharafuddin Ashraf, who had been a part of Afghanistan’s Asia Cup squad, have been named as reserves, together with Fareed Ahmad who was a part of the collection towards Pakistan.
Karim Janat and Mohammad Saleem are the 2 gamers from the Asia Cup who’ve been dropped altogether from Afghanistan’s World Cup squad.
Afghanistan will start their World Cup marketing campaign on October 7 towards Bangladesh in Dharamsala. They have two warm-up fixtures earlier than that, towards South Africa in Thiruvananthapuram on September 29 after which towards Sri Lanka in Guwahati on October 3.
Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, Riaz Hassan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil,Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Abdul Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-Ul-Haq
Reserves: Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad