Afghanistan

The Afghan men's national cricket team left Kabul on Thursday for the UAE where they will take part in a training camp in preparation for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 next month.This is the first of two training camps.
The next camp will be in Australia, which is the host country of this tournament.The World Cup will start on October 16 and run through until November 13.Afghanistan are in Group 1 and begin their campaign on October 22 against England in Perth.Mohammad Nabi, who led Afghanistan in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2022, takes up the captaincy reins again.Samiullah Shinwari, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, Karim Janat and Noor Ahmad, all of whom were a part of the Asia Cup squad, miss out.Meanwhile, middle-order batter Darwish Rasooli, all-rounder Qais Ahmad and the right-arm quick Salim Safi have been added to the list.Twenty year old Safi has secured his maiden international call-up.Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, and Gulbadin Naib have been named as reserves, while the rest of the squad is made up of familiar names.According to chief selector Noor Malikzai, ''the Asia Cup was a very good opportunity for the team to build up things nicely for the much-important global event in Australia.Fortunately, Darwish Rasooli has recovered from injury (broken finger) and we are happy to have him available for the WT20, he has demonstrated good glimpses of him in the previously held Shpageeza Cricket League 2022 and offers an additional batting option to our middle order,& Malikzai said.Since the Australian conditions offer further support for the fast bowlers, so we have added Salim Safi, the tall right-arm quick to add further impetus to our bowling department.
Overall we have picked our best available players for the event and we are hopeful of them to do well and better represent the country in the mega event,& he said.For Afghan cricket fans, Ariana Television Network will broadcast the tournament live after having secured exclusive broadcasting rights in Afghanistan.Afghanistan's schedule:22 October & Afghanistan v England, Perth26 October & Afghanistan v New Zealand, Melbourne28 October & Afghanistan v TBA, Melbourne 01 November & Afghanistan v TBA, Brisbane 04 November & Afghanistan v Australia, AdelaideThe post Afghan cricket team heads to UAE for training camp ahead of World Cup first appeared on Ariana News.





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