Afghanistan’s ace spinner, Rashid Khan was named within the 16-member squad for the one-day worldwide sequence in opposition to Pakistan.
Both Afghanistan and Pakistan will face off in opposition to one another for the first-ever bilateral sequence hosted in Sri Lanka as they put together themselves for the Asia Cup later within the month after which the ODI World Cup in October.
The 24-year-old — considered the world’s high spinner in white ball cricket — featured within the Major League Twenty20 occasion within the United States however final week withdrew from The Hundred within the UK with an unspecified harm.
Also returning to Afghanistan’s squad to complement Rashid within the spin assault is teenage left-armer Noor Ahmad.
Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) chief selector Asadullah Khan stated the crew is gearing up for the upcoming huge occasions.
“This three-match ODI sequence in opposition to Pakistan supplies us with an exquisite alternative to arrange the crew for the forthcoming two occasions,” Khan stated in a press release launched by the ACB.
The first two ODIs will be played in Hambantota on August 22 and 24, with the third in Colombo on August 26.
The Asia Cup starts on August 30 with four matches in Pakistan and the remaining nine in Sri Lanka, while the World Cup runs from October 5 to November 19 in India.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have so far contested four ODIs, including two encounters at the Asia Cup and one at the 2019 World Cup.
Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ikram Alikhil, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Wafadar Momand
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated news company feed – AFP)
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