Afghanistan on Sunday introduced its squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, to be performed within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 9 to twenty-eight.
The group will likely be led by spinner Rashid Khan, whereas white-ball stars corresponding to Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mohammad Nabi, who helped the Afghans to qualify for T20 World Cup knockouts final 12 months, had been additionally named within the squad.
Afghanistan is drawn with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Hong Kong in Group B within the Asia Cup however will play host UAE, and Pakistan in a T20I Tri-Nation Collection earlier than the event.
AFGHANISTAN SQUAD
Rashid Khan (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Reserves:
Wafiullah Tarakhil, Nangyal Kharote, Abdullah Ahmadzai.
Printed on Aug 24, 2025