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Rashid Khan was named Afghanistan skipper of a 15-man squad announced connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) for the T20 World Cup successful India and Sri Lanka.
Left-arm accelerated bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and all-rounder Gulbadin Naib were included aft some were near retired of the white-ball circuit of Bangladesh successful October.
Pace bowler Naveen-ul-Haq, who played his past T20 against Zimbabwe successful Dec. 2024, besides returns aft recovering from a enarthrosis wounded which forced him to miss the Asia Cup successful September.
Mystery spinner A.M. Ghazanfar was named successful reserve aft Afghanistan preferred experienced dilatory bowler Mujeeb Ur Rahman for the tourney that starts connected Feb. 7.
“Afghanistan had a terrific tally successful the erstwhile variation of the T20 World Cup,” said Naseeb Khan, the nationalist cricket board's main enforcement officer. “We cherish fantabulous memories from the past and anticipation for adjacent amended results this twelvemonth successful Asian conditions.″
Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of the past T20 World Cup successful 2024 played successful the Caribbean and the U.S. aft defeating high-ranking teams New Zealand, Australia, West Indies and Bangladesh.
Khan's squad volition play a three-match T20 bid against the West Indies from Jan. 19-22 arsenic portion of its build-up.
Afghanistan is successful Group D on with New Zealand, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and Canada. It volition unfastened its run against the Kiwis connected Feb. 8 successful Chennai.
Squad:
Rashid Khan (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai.
