The squad for the Asian Cup 2023 has been announced by Afghanistan. Fast bowler Naveel Ul was not included in the 17-man Afghan team. Naveen-ul-Haq, who played for the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL, was spotted fighting RCB’s Virat Kohli in the recent 16th season.
At the same time, fans wanted to see the two face to face again during the Asian Cup, but Afghanistan decided to keep the fast bowler out of their squad. During an IPL match, Virat Kohli and Niwan-ul-Haq had a heated exchange, after which both players took aim at each other via Instagram stories.
At the same time, Afghanistan recently played an ODI series against Pakistan. Afghanistan’s Asian Cup squad differs only slightly from the ODI series against Pakistan. Fareed Ahmed, Azmatullah Umarzai, Shaheedullah Kamal and Loyal Momand didn’t make the team that played against Pakistan in the ODI series.
We tell you that from August 30th the Asian Cup will start, in which a total of 6 teams will take part. The 6 teams will be divided into two groups. India, Pakistan and Nepal have been placed in Group A and Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are in Group B. The final match of the tournament will be played on Sunday 17 September. On the other hand, Afghanistan will play their first match on September 3 against Bangladesh in Lahore, Pakistan. The matches of the tournament will be played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Out of the total of 13 matches, 4 matches will be played in Pakistan and 9 matches including the rest of the finals will be played in Sri Lanka. The Indian team will play all matches exclusively in Sri Lanka.
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hasan, Rehmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Abdul Rehman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Noor Ahmed, Sulaiman Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqui.
