Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Afghanistan Official Player List. As per the announcement, Rashid Khan Will Captain Afghanistan in ICC T20 World Cup 2022. You can check Afghanistan Confirmed Team Squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022 here on this page.
ICC has revealed the entire Fixtures of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2022. This mega cricket tournament will kick off from 16th October and will continue until 13th November 2022 in Australia. A total of 45 matches are scheduled in this tournament.
The most improved T20 cricket team of Asia Afghanistan has also confirmed their participation in ICC T20 World Cup 2022. The Afghan cricket team is placed in Group 1 in the Super 12 stage along with some hardcore T20 sides including England, Australia, New Zealand, and two other qualifying teams from Round 1.
Afghanistan is going to mark its 6th consecutive appearance in T20 World Cup 2022. However, they showcased weak performances in the previous editions of this tournament. With a whole new squad and under their new Captain Afghanistan will try to turn things around in their favor in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022.
No doubt Afghanistan still is among the most dangerous T20 teams in the world. During the recent T20 series, the Afghan side has stunted everyone with their mind blogging performances and they will create some serious threats for all other emerging sides of this event.
From the last few months, Afghanistan has succeeded to find its perfect combinations for the T20 format. Now, this side has top-notch T20 batsmen. Moreover, world-class spinners and some quality pace attacks are also included in their squad.
Afghanistan Team Squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022
Afghanistan Cricket Board has also announced their expected playing squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022 on 10th September 2022. . There are some minor changes in the Afghanistan Team squad as well.
Afghanistan has performed really badly under the captaincy of Muhammad Nabi and now the selection committee has made big decisions. Top class spinner and hero of different domestic T20 Leagues Rashid Khan will skipper Afghanistan in this event.
| Serial | Player | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rashid Khan | Captain/All-Rounder |
| 2 | Rahamatullah Gurbaz | Batsman/Wkt |
| 3 | Hazratullah Zazai | Batsman |
| 4 | Usman Ghani | Batsman |
| 5 | Asghar Afghan | Batsman |
| 6 | Mohammad Nabi | All-rounder |
| 7 | Najibullah Zardan | Batsman |
| 8 | Hashmatullah Shahidi | Batsman |
| 9 | Mohammad Shehzad | Batsman/WK |
| 10 | Mujeebur Reham | Bowler |
| 11 | Karim Janat | All Rounder |
| 12 | Gulabdin Naib | All Rounder |
| 13 | Naveenul Haq | Bowler |
| 14 | Hamid Hassan | Batsman |
| 15 | Sharafuddin Ashraf | All Rounder |
| 16 | Dawlat Zardan | Bowler |
| 17 | Shapur Zardan | Bowler |
| 18 | Qais Ahmed | Bowler |
Reserves: Afsar Zazai, Farid Ahmed Malik
Batting Line Up
Afghanistan’s main batting lineup has hard hitters of the Red Bowl in T20 format. Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Asghar Afghan, and Usman are reserved as openers for their team in T20 World Cup 2022.
Well, Afghanistan always lacks quality pace attacks as this team currently relies on Medium Pacers. The absence of Pace Attackers will definitely tease them in ICC T20 World Cup 2022. However, Zawalat Zardan, Shapur Zardan, and Qaiz Ahmed will be mainstream bowlers for them.
Bowling Line Up
When it comes to quality Spin attacks, no one can underestimate the power and abilities of Afghan spin bowlers. Currently, Rashid Khan and Mujeed-ur Rahman are the best and full-time spin bowlers available in their squad.
Afghanistan no doubt holds the capability to face all other emerging sides of this event. But due to lack of experience, their players didn’t engage themselves in pressure situations. Having said that, Afghan is still a Hot Contender for ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
Afghanistan National Cricket Team Squad for the World T20 Cup 2021. pic.twitter.com/exlMQ10EQx
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) September 9, 2021