As the start date of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 is approaching. By the way, the teams are announcing their team for the World Cup. Recently the Indian team was announced.

In this sequence, now the Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced its team of 15 players. Mohammad Nabi will be seen leading the Afghanistan team. While many young players have been included in the team for this World Cup.

Showed them the way out

Actually, the performance of the Afghanistan cricket team in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2022 was not good, but Mohammad Nabi has been made the captain of the team for the ICC T20 World Cup. On the other hand, Karim Jannat, Shinwari, Hashmatullah, Shahidi Zazai, and Noor Ahmed have not been included in the squad for the Asia Cup 2022.

These players managed to make a place on the World Cup team

On the other hand, middle-order batsman Darvesh Rasuli, fast bowler Salim Safi and all-rounder Kais Ahmed have been included in the team. Rasuli played his first international match for Afghanistan in the year 2022 itself.

Whereas after recovering from a finger injury, this player performed brilliantly in the Shapeza League. Those who have been given a place in the team as a reward.

Afghanistan's schedule for the ICC T20 World Cup

Afghanistan team will play their first match in the ICC T20 World Cup against England in Perth on 22 October. Afghanistan's second match will be against New Zealand in Melbourne on 26 October. The third match will be played against Afghanistan team TBA on 28 October. On November 1, the Afghanistan team will be on the field against TBA. After this, on November 4, the Afghanistan team will play against Australia in Adelaide.

Afghanistan team for T20 World Cup

Mohammad Nabi (Captain), Najibullah Zadran (Vice Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Omarzai, Darvesh Rasuli, Fareed Ahmed Malik, Fazal Haque Farooqui, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen Ahmed Haque, CAS, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, and Usman Ghani.

List of standby players – Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, and Gulbadin Nabi.