Afghan cricket team heads to UAE for training camp ahead of World Cup

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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, Perth 26 October & Afghanistan v New
Zealand, Melbourne 28 October & Afghanistan v TBA, Melbourne 01 November & Afghanistan v TBA, Brisbane 04 November & Afghanistan v
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