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Left-handed batter Hashmatullah Shahidi was connected Tuesday named skipper of the Afghanistan squad, which volition play a one-off Test and 3 ODIs against India from June 6 to June 20.
While the ODI squad features apical players including Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Ibrahim Zadran, the Test squad comprises a blend of experienced campaigners and emerging talent, with Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Azmatullah Omarzai forming the halfway of the batting group.
Wicketkeepers Afsar Zazai and Ikram Alikhil person besides been included, portion the rotation section volition trust connected Sharafudin Ashraf and Qais Ahmad.
Bilal Sami, Zia Sharifi and Saleem Safi volition spearhead the gait department.
Interestingly, Afghanistan person opted for a somewhat antithetic operation successful the ODI setup, bringing backmost seasoned stars Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan for the white-ball limb of the tour.
Young opener Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal and Darwish Rasooli bolster the batting unit, portion A.M. Ghazanfar and Bilal Sami adhd extent to the bowling attack.
Young spinner Ghazanfar was rewarded for his exploits successful the IPL. He snapped 15 wickets successful 11 games for the Mumbai Indians.
Afghanistan volition commencement their circuit with a one-off Test from June 6 to 10 astatine New Chandigarh earlier embarking connected a three-match ODI series. The archetypal ODI volition beryllium held connected June 14 astatine Dharamsala, followed by the 2nd crippled connected June 17 astatine Lucknow and the 3rd ODI connected June 20 successful Chennai.
Squad for one-off Test: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmanullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai (WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafudin Ashraf, Nangyal Kharotai, Qais Ahmad, Bilal Sami, Zia Sharifi, Saleem Safi.
Reserve Pool: Bashir Ahmad, Bahir Shah, Ismat Alam
Squad for the ODI series: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil (WK), Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharotai, A.M. Ghazanfar, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Bilal Sami.
Reserve Pool: Qais Ahmad, Saleem Safi, Bashir Ahmad.
