Afghanistan announces their 15 member squad for the World Cup 2023 which will be held in India. Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the team.
Naveen-ul-Haq is also selected into the squad and he will be seen after 2 years. Gulabdin Naib who showed pretty good performances in the Asia Cup was included in the stand by list.
Rashid Khan will again showcase his experience along with some new players into the squad. Mohammad Nabi his experience and his allround performance will definitely help the team performance.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmed and Mujeeb ur Rahman might get some advantage as they already played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in India.
India, Australia, South Africa, England, Netherlands and New Zealand already announced their squad for the World Cup.
Last date to change the squad is 28th September, after that the squad will be locked.
Afghanistan Squad:
Hashmatullah Shahidi ©, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Riaz Hassan, Ikram Alikhil, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Abdul Rahman.