Afghanistan’s ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan is about to return to the ODI format for the primary time because the conclusion of final yr’s ODI World Cup in India. Rashid has been named in Afghanistan’s 17-member squad for his or her upcoming three-match ODI collection towards South Africa, starting on September 18 within the UAE. Rashid was a notable absentee in Afghanistan’s squad for the one-off Check towards New Zealand in Larger Noida. After final yr’s World Cup, Rashid had undergone again surgical procedure. He was out of motion and missed Afghanistan’s collection towards UAE, India and Sri Lanka, and ODIs towards Eire.
Afghanistan will even miss the presence of thriller spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who remains to be recovering from a sprain within the index finger of his proper hand.
Together with Mujeeb, top-order batter Ibrahim Zadran has been dominated out of the collection resulting from an ankle sprain in his left leg. Afghanistan have known as on gifted top-order batter Abdul Malik to fill Zardan’s footwear.
Darwish Rasooli can also be in competition to make his ODI debut for Afghanistan after being named within the squad. The 24-year-old batter has seven T20I caps to his identify up to now. He has placed on constant performances within the not too long ago held Listing A Cup and the SCL9.
“Mujeeb Ur Rahman continues to recuperate from his harm and is unavailable for choice. Ibrahim Zadran will even miss the South Africa ODIs for twisting his ankle on the sting of the New Zealand Check. Nevertheless, we have now included a number of the top-performing children, Abdul Malik and Darwish Rasooli. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar can also be a gifted cricketer and has demonstrated wonderful abilities not too long ago and can cowl for Mujeeb Ur Rahman within the collection,” Chief Selector Ahmad Shah Sulimankhil stated, as quoted from a press release by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB).
All video games of the three-match ODI collection can be performed in Sharjah. This would be the first time that Afghanistan and South Africa will face off in a bilateral ODI collection. Earlier than the upcoming collection, each groups solely met on the 2019 and 2023 ODI World Cups.
Afghanistan Squad for the three-match ODI collection towards South Africa: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmat Shah (VC), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Abdul Malik, Riaz Hassan, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran and Farid Ahmad Malik.
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