Rashid Khan has not recovered in time for Afghanistan’s three-match ODI sequence towards Sri Lanka, which begins on February 9 in Pallekele.
Afghanistan’s ace spinner underwent back surgical procedure late final 12 months and has not performed aggressive cricket for the reason that 2023 ODI World Cup in November. Qais Ahmad, who has performed only one ODI for Afghanistan to date, will fill in for Rashid in Sri Lanka.
Noor Ahmad, who’s enjoying for Durban’s Tremendous Giants in the SA20, will rejoin the nationwide workforce and miss the ultimate phases of the league.
Najibullah Zadran, who was a part of Afghanistan’s World Cup squad, was disregarded for the Sri Lanka ODIs, whereas Abdul Rahman was included solely as a reserve. Quick bowler Mohammad Saleem was sidelined by a hamstring pressure, in line with an ACB media launch.
Allrounder Gulbadin Naib, who impressed along with his big-hitting in the latest T20I sequence towards India, earned a recall to the ODI aspect. Fareed Ahmad additionally made it to the 15-member squad. Each have been reserve gamers throughout the 2023 ODI World Cup.
Seamer Naveed Zadran, who impressed on Check debut towards Sri Lanka, broke into the ODI aspect as properly. He’s uncapped in ODI cricket and has performed solely six Checklist A video games to date, choosing up eight wickets.
“Now we have constantly striven to safe extra bilateral cricket matches and create a busy schedule for our nationwide groups,” ACB CEO Naseeb Khan mentioned. “This marks our third go to to Sri Lanka in the previous 16 months, which is a promising signal transferring ahead. The selectors have chosen a powerful line-up and we eagerly anticipate an thrilling sequence forward.”
All three ODIs shall be performed in Pallekele earlier than the groups transfer to Dambulla for the three-match T20I sequence. This shall be Afghanistan’s first ODI project for the reason that World Cup.
Afghanistan squad for ODI sequence towards SL
Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Rahmat Shah (vice-capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveed Zadran, Farid Ahmad
Reserves: Sharafuddin Ashraf, Shahidullah, Abdul Rahman, Bilal Sami
