Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Sunday (Mar 14) announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming 3-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. They have also placed 5 players on standby owing to visa-related issues to travel to UAE from Afghanistan. As per ACB, a decision on the standby players will be taken at a later date provided the issues are cleared.
As was the case in the Test series, Asghar Afghan is set to lead them in this 3-match T20I series as well. Mohammad Nabi returns to the side after missing the Test series owing to his retirement from the longer format. On the other hand, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Waqar Salamkheil and Azmatullah Omarzai are the players on standby at the moment.
Meanwhile, both Afghanistan and Zimbabwe shared the 2-match Test series that concluded on Sunday (Mar 14). Zimbabwe won the first Test match by 10 wickets while Afghanistan made a comeback in the second Test to register a 6-wicket victory to level the series. Just like the Test series, the whole 3-match T20I series will be played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The 3 T20Is are scheduled to be played on March 17, 19 & 20.
Afghanistan 15-member squad for Zimbabwe T20Is: Asghar Afghan (c), Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Afsar Zazai (wk), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najib Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Amir Hamza Hotak, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Naveen ul Haq, Farid Malik.
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