He is playing his first tournament since suffering serious injuries in a car accident in December 2022 that kept him out of last year's IPL as well as the 50-overs World Cup in India
Afghanistan arrive in Dhaka with three legspinners
The Afghanistan cricket team have arrived in Dhaka with three legspinners for their three-match ODI series against Bangladesh.
Published : 21 Sept 2016, 03:03 PM
Updated : 21 Sept 2016, 03:46 PM
A 17-strong squad set foot at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday afternoon.
The Afghans flew in with 18-year-old legspinner Rashid Khan along with spinning allrounders Samiullah Shenwari and Rahmat Shah, who played for Mohammedan in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.
The squad also includes three uncapped players – teenagers Karim Janat, Ihsanullah Janat and Naveen-ul-Haq.
Noor Ali Zadran, Javed Ahmadi, Hamid Hassan and Shapoor Zadran were among the exclusions from the ODI squad that toured Scotland and Ireland in July this year.
Afghanistan will play a warm-up match against BCB XI in Fatullah on Friday. The first ODI will then be played on Sep 25.
Squad:
Asghar Stanikzai (captain), Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmat Shah, Mirwais Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari, Rashid Khan, Hashmatullah Shaidi, Fareed Ahmad, Amir Hamza, Najibullah Zadran, Nawroz Mangal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Karim Janat, Shabir Noori, Ihsanullah.
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