File photograph of Najibullah Zadran.© AFP
Center-order batter Najibullah Zadran returned to Afghanistan’s 17-man squad on Sunday forward of the Asia Cup after recovering from a knee harm. The 30-year-old left-hander needed to miss the three-match sequence in opposition to Pakistan which Afghanistan misplaced 3-Zero in Colombo on Saturday. The choice committee hoped Najibullah can be prepared for the six-nation occasion beginning in Multan from Wednesday. “Najibullah missed the lately concluded Pakistan sequence attributable to a knee harm however has been included and is predicted to get well from the harm previous to the beginning of the occasion,” the Afghanistan Cricket Board stated in a press release.
Afghanistan will face Bangladesh in Lahore on September Three earlier than rounding off the group stage of the Asia Cup with a recreation in opposition to Sri Lanka on the similar venue two days later.
Pakistan will host 4 matches whereas Sri Lanka will host 9 within the Asia Cup.
Allrounder Azmatullah Omarzai has been dominated out of the competitors attributable to a facet pressure whereas Gulbadin Naib and Karim Janat have been added to the crew.
“Mohammad Saleem Safi and Abdul Rahman, the 2 quick bowlers, who have been a part of the squad in opposition to Pakistan, have retained their spots within the lineup, however Fareed Ahmad and Wafadar Momand have been overlooked,” the assertion added.
Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ikram Alikhil, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Abdul Rahman, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sharafuddin Ashraf (travelling reserve).
(This story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Matters talked about on this article