Afghanistan selectors on Tuesday named prolific opener Sediqullah Atal in its 19-player squad for subsequent month’s three-match one-day worldwide sequence towards Bangladesh in Sharjah.
Atal, 23, has beforehand performed six T20 internationals for Afghanistan and earned his maiden name for the ODIs after scoring constantly within the ongoing Rising Asia Cup in Oman.
Moreover Atal, left-arm spinner Noor Ahmad additionally staged a comeback after lacking Afghanistan’s 2-1 sequence win over South Africa, additionally in Sharjah final month.
Afghanistan Cricket Board chief selector Ahmad Shah Sulimankhil described Atal as a future participant.
“We’ve included a promising top-order batter in Sediqullah Atal, who has impressed everybody along with his constant high performances,” Sulimankhil is quoted within the Afghanistan Cricket Board launch.
Atal has scores of 52, 95 not out and 83 within the Rising Asia Cup.
Opener Naveed Zadran is recovering from an ankle surgical procedure whereas spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman is sidelined by a sprain to his proper hand.
The three matches are scheduled for November 6, 9 and 11.
The sequence will assist Afghanistan put together for the eight-nation Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan from February to March subsequent yr.
Afghanistan is on a excessive in limited-overs cricket, having crushed high nations together with England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in final yr’s ODI World Cup held in India.
It additionally certified for the semifinals of the T20 World Cup collectively held in the US and the West Indies in June.
Squad:
Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ikram Alikhil, Abdul Malik, Riaz Hassan, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran, Farid Ahmad Malik