Afghanistan Team Squad, Players List, and Schedule for ICC T20 World Cup 2022
Afghanistan T20 World Cup Team Squad. Official players for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Afghanistan have been announced by the Afghan Cricket Board. But who will captain Afghanistan at the ICC T20 World Cup in 2022? Check the Afghanistan team squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Here.
There is no doubt Afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous T20 teams on the globe. With their mind-boggling performances in the recent T20 series, the Afghan side has stunted everyone and they will pose a serious threat to all other participating teams.
In addition, Asia Afghanistan announced that they will participate in ICC World T20 2022. Group 2 features the Afghan cricket team along with Indian, English, and South African T20 teams.
In T20 World Cup 2022, Afghanistan will be competing for the fifth time in a row. However, they have shown poor performances in previous editions. At the upcoming 2022 T20 World Cup, Afghanistan will field a completely new squad under the leadership of its new captain.
Afghanistan Team Squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022
A representative team has also been announced by the Afghanistan Cricket Board for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Although there are a few minor changes to Afghanistan Team’s squad, Muhammad Nabi is serving as captain.
In the T20 format, Afghan main batsmen include hard-hitters of the Red Bowl. T20 World Cup 2022 is expected to feature Azmatullah OmarzaiDarwish Rasooli Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Asghar Afghan, and Ibrahim Zadran as opening bats.
In Afghanistan, pace attacks are always lacking as the team is currently reliant on medium pacers. There will be an inconvenience for them in 2022 due to the absence of pace attackers. The mainstream bowlers for them will however be Naveen ul Haq, Salim Safi, and Usman Ghani.
There is no denying the power and ability of Afghan spin bowlers when talking about quality spin attacks. They currently have Rashid Khan and Mujeed-ur Rahman in their squad as their best spin bowlers.
The strength of the Afgan team is their spin bowling. They have the luxury of Rashid Khan and Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, two world-class spinners. Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman is good at handling new balls, and Rashid Khan shows his magic in the middle overs. There is another spinner, Muhammad Nabi. He is another spinner available for the skipper.
Afghanistan Team All Rounders:
Muhammad Nabi and Gulbadin Naib are two players who fit into the category of all-rounders in the Afghanistan national team. As both players have very amazing batting skills, they always give a stunning performance to their team whenever they bat for them.
Muhammad Nabi seems to be a very good hitter as well. He has outstanding batting and bowling skills, and he is always able to make a significant contribution to his team in every match he participates in. With such great skills in both bowling and batting that Gulbadin Naib possesses, he can turn the match in any situation no matter what it is. There is no doubt that all of the players are very good all-rounders.
Here is the list of the squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 for Afghanistan.
T20 WC 2022 Team | Afghanistan Team Players List |
Afghanistan | Mohammad Nabi © Najibullah Zadran (VC) Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) Azmatullah Omarzai Darwish Rasooli Farid Ahmad Malik Fazal Haq Farooqi Hazratullah Zazai Ibrahim Zadran Mujib ur Rahman Naveen ul Haq Qais Ahmad Rashid Khan Salim Safi Usman Ghani |
Reserves: Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib
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