Afghanistan Cricket Team

Afghanistan reveals their best 15-player team for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Afghanistan’s star bowler Rashid Khan will lead Afghanistan’s cricket team in the biggest ICC event. 

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 is set to take place in the United States and West Indies from 1st June to 29th June. For the first time, the United States will host the biggest ICC cricket event. Speaking of co-hosts West Indies who will host the T20 World Cup for the second time in the 17 years of tournament history. In the 9th edition of the T20 World Cup, 20 teams are participating to clinch the ICC trophy. 

For the 2024 T20WC, Afghanistan has made some changes in their squad adding some new players to power up the team. Hashmatullah Shahidi who led the team in the 2023 World Cup is not part of the Best 15-men of Afghanistan in the ICC T20 World Cup. 

Afghanistan’s new team members are Karim Janat, Mohammad Ishaq, Noor Ahmad, and Nangyal Kharoti. 20-year-old Nangyal Kharo is making his International cricket debut with T20 World Cup 2024. 

Below is the list of the full T20 World Cup Squad for the Afghanistan team-

Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik

Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi