Afghanistan T20 Captain: Rashid Khan returns for a second stint as Afghanistan captain, the ACB confirmed on Thursday. The spin wizard takes over the T20I mantle from veteran Mohammad Nabi after their T20 world Cup exit. Khan’s first assignment on return will be the tour of UAE in February. Hashmatullah Shahidi continues to lead in Tests and ODIs. Follow all cricket news and updates on Insidesport.IN
Afghanistan T20 Captain: Rashid Khan returns as Afghanistan captain, takes over T20I leadership from veteran Mohammad Nabi after dismal T20 World Cup – Check details
Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s Cricketing Wizard, has been appointed as AfghanAtalan’s Captain for the T20I format, replacing the senior all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, after he stepped down from the role post the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.
Afghanistan T20 Captain: Rashid Khan returns as Afghanistan captain, takes over T20I leadership from veteran Mohammad Nabi after dismal T20 World Cup – Check details
Mr. Mirwais Ashraf, the ACB Chairman, expressed his desire for the appointment of Rashid Khan as the captain of the Afghanistan National Team for the T20I format. “Rashid Khan is a massive name in Afghanistan Cricket. He has colossal experience of playing the format around the world which will help him take the team to a new level in the format”. Added Mirwais Ashraf.
Meet Our T20I Captain 🚨🤩@rashidkhan_19, Afghanistan’s Cricketing Wizard, has replaced @MohammadNabi007 as AfghanAtalan’s captain for the T20I format.
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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) December 29, 2022
Afghanistan T20 Captain: Rashid Khan returns as Afghanistan captain, takes over T20I leadership from veteran Mohammad Nabi after dismal T20 World Cup – Check details
Ashraf further added: “Rashid Khan has the experience of leading AfghanAtalan in all three formats before and we are happy to have him as our skipper for the T20I format again. I am sure he will come out on top and will bring more glory to the nation”.
Rashid Khan is also delighted to take the leadership role and considers this a massive honour for him to be granted such a big responsibility to lead Afghanistan’s National Team in the T20Is.
“Captaincy is a huge responsibility. I have the experience of leading my country before, there is a great bunch of guys with whom I have a good understanding and feel pretty comfortable. We will try to stick together, will work hard to put things on the right track and bring pride and joy to our country and nation”. added Rashid Khan.
Afghanistan T20 Captain: Rashid Khan returns as Afghanistan captain, takes over T20I leadership from veteran Mohammad Nabi after dismal T20 World Cup – Check details
Rashid Khan has so far represented Afghanistan in 74 T20I matches and has 122 scalps to his name in the format. He is the third leading wicket-taker in the format behind Tim Southee (134) and Shakib Al Hassan (128). Rashid has also been in very high demand in franchise cricket.
He has bagged a mammoth 491 wickets playing 361 T20 matches for 15 different teams around the globe. Khan is the 2nd bowler behind Dwayne Bravo (614) with the most wickets in the format. Afghanistan National Team is set to tour UAE in February where they will take on the hosts in three T20Is. It will mark Rashid Khan’s first tour as Afghanistan’s skipper after 2019.
