T20 World Cup Afghanistan

Afghanistan's cricket team is getting ready for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 with a strong squad. The selection team has added new players like Karim Janat, Mohammad Ishaq, and Noor Ahmad, who are young and talented. They're all set to show their skills in this T20 World Cup 2024 tournament. Afghanistan qualified as they were amongst the highest-ranked teams in T20I rankings.

As per the schedule that the ICC has announced, the Afghanistan cricket team will have its first match with Uganda on June 04, 2024,. The schedule of the Afghanistan team for the T20 World Cup is as follows:

Afghanistan's performance in these four matches will decide its future in the tournament. The team is expected to have to win matches against established teams like New Zealand and the West Indies if it wants to stay in the race to the semi finals.

Here’s all you need to know about Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup team:

Afghanistan played their first T20I International in February 2010 against Ireland. Since then, the team has played 130 matches till the 2024 T20 World Cup match. The team has won 79 and lost 48 matches

The stats of the Afghanistan Cricket Team in T20Is can be captured in a snapshot as follows:

Afghanistan is one of the teams scoring the highest ever T20I score at 278/3 in February 2019 against Ireland in Dehradun. This record stood until Nepal smashed 314 runs against Mongolia.

As of May 2024, the team is ranked 10th in the ICC T20 Rankings with 31 matches, 6,725 points, and a rating of 217.

Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi

Successful players like Nawroz Mangal, Mohammad Nabi, Asghar Afghan, and Rashid Khan have been former Afghanistan T20 captains. Nawroz Mangal was captain from 2009 to 2012, and Asghar Afghan was a successful captain from 2015 to 2021.

Mohammad Nabi has been the captain of the Afghanistan Cricket team since 2013, during different periods, and his tenure has seen significant ups and downs in the history of Afghanistan cricket.

Rashid Khan was appointed captain in 2019, but he resigned shortly after due to differences with the selectors. In December 2022, Rashid was once again appointed as captain of Afghanistan in T20I format, after Mohammad Nabi resigned from captaincy following the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Rashid Khan will be leading the Afghanistan T20 World Cup as the team Captain in the 2024 edition.

Here’s a breakdown of the Afghan cricket team’s captains from past to present:

Veterans like Lalchand Rajput, Inzamam ul Haq, and Lance Klusener have been coaches of the Afghanistan Cricket Team. Lance Klusener was the last coach of the Afghanistan team for the T20 World Cup in 2021 after his appointment in September 2019.

Klusener stepped down as head coach after the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Jonathan Trott was first appointed as the Afghanistan team’s Head Coach in July 2022 and will continue in 2024 as well. The

Afghanistan Cricket Team made its debut in the T20 World Cup in 2010 and has played regularly in the last six editions, namely 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021, and 2022. The team's performance has improved over the years.

After crashing out of the tournament in the first three editions in the Group Stage, the team reached the Super 10 stage in 2016. It also directly reached the Super 12 stage in the 2021 and 2022 tournaments and stood at the 7th and 10th position in respective years.

It is expected that the Afghanistan team will continue to put up a brave display of cricket in the T20 World Cup 2024 with its brave batting order and explosive bowling line-up.

Some predictions about the Afghanistan Team for T20 World Cup are as follows:

• The magical spin duo of Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman is expected to continue to impress against world-class cricket teams during the 2024 T20 World Cup.
• The explosive top order with Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and Mohammad Ishaq is expected to play their natural game in the four scheduled matches to improve the performance of the Afghanistan team in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
• Rashid Khan will continue to lead as the Afghanistan T20 World Cup Captain and play the role of shield anchor and a practical all-rounder; and, in the middle of the order as a batsman and the legbreak googly option for the team.
• Afghanistan can cause a significant upset to a few established teams in the 2024 edition. With an explosive batting lineup, magical spin-bowling options, and good all-rounders, it is too early to dismiss Afghanistan from the tournament.

This is all about the Afghanistan Cricket Team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. We will continue to bring the latest updates and news from the Afghanistan cricket team camp.

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