India vs Afghanistan
IND vs AFG T20 Series: The T20 series is scheduled to be played between India and Afghanistan from January 11. A total of 3 games will be played in this series. Five days before the start of the series, the Afghan team announced its squad. However, Team India is yet to be announced. The Afghan team is visiting India for the first time for the T20 series. With the T20 World Cup being played this year, this series is considered very important for both teams. For this reason, the Afghan team has announced a 19-member squad for the T20 series against India.
This player received the captaincy
Afghanistan's regular T20I captain Rashid Khan has been included in the squad for the series against India but he may not feature in all three matches of the series. In fact, he has recovered from recent back surgery. The Afghanistan Cricket Board has provided this information. The board further said that Ibrahim Zadran, who led Afghanistan to a 2-1 series win against the United Arab Emirates in Sharjah, will continue to lead Afghanistan against India. Apart from this, Mujeeb Ur Rahman has once again returned to the team. He was not named in the team for the recent three-match T20 series against UAE.
What did the ACB chairman say?
ACB President Mirwais Ashraf while announcing the team for the series said that we are excited to come on our first tour to India for the three-match series. India are the top-ranked team in the world and it will be great to see Afghanistan take on them in a three-match T20 series. We believe Afghanistan are no longer weak and have been performing well of late and are looking forward to a good series against India.
Afghanistan's squad for the T20 series against India
Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Rehmanullah Gurbaz (week), Ikram Alikhil (week), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Azmullah Umarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Fazal Haq Farooqui, Farid Ahmed. Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmed, Mohammad Saleem, Qais Ahmed, Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan.
