After India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, Afghanistan’s cricket team has also announced its 17-member squad for the upcoming 17th Asia Cup. This time, the team will be led by experienced spinner Rashid Khan, with Noor Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar, and Mohammad Nabi contributing to the team’s bowling along with their captain. Surprisingly, Afghanistan has not played a single T20I match in 2025. In the last 12 months, they have played only three T20 Internationals, against Zimbabwe in Harare in December 2024, in which they won the series 2-1.
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Before the start of the Asia Cup 2025, Afghanistan will play a triangular series in which the hosts UAE and Pakistan will participate, and this will be a colorful training for all three teams for the Asia Cup.
Noor is a great player who has been developed under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a super-specialty spinner for Chennai Super Kings and there is no doubt that Afghanistan will try to take advantage of his experience.
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Meanwhile, Farooqui and Naveen-ul-Haq are the key bowlers in the fast bowling line-up, while Umarzai and Gulbadin Naib are fast bowling all-rounders that Afghanistan will definitely try to take advantage of. In the Asia Cup, Afghanistan is in Group B with Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka, while India, Oman, Pakistan and the UAE are in Group A. Afghanistan’s campaign will begin against Hong Kong in the first match of the tournament to be held in Abu Dhabi on September 9.
Afghanistan squad for men’s T20 Asia Cup
Rashid Khan (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Reserve players: Wafiullah Tarakhil, Nangeyalia Kharote, Abdullah Ahmadzai
