Afghanistan name strong 15-member squad for ODI series in Sri Lanka

Abdul Rahman, the 21-year-old uncapped medium quick bowler, has procured a review to Afghanistan's ODI crew for the three-match series in Sri Lanka right on time one month from now. It's major areas of strength for a with the greater part of the regulars, including a few players who are as of now at the IPL - Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Noor Ahmad and Fazalhaq Farooqi - among the 15.

Afghanistan have qualified straightforwardly for the 2023 ODI World Cup, to be played in India not long from now, dissimilar to Sri Lanka, who need to go through the qualifiers in Zimbabwe and desire to complete in the main two there to make the make the worldwide competition.

"It's great to have two or three youthful countenances for the series; the development for the ICC Cricket World Cup has proactively started, and we are searching for each conceivable chance to fabricate a decent blend of the group and set them up well for the occasion," Mirwais Ashraf, the Afghanistan Cricket Board seat, said in a proclamation.

The crew has the experience of Mohammad Nabi and Rashid, as well as skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Ibrahim Zadran and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, however Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmadzai, Zia Ur Rahman Akbar and Gulbadin Naib have been named in the stores.

The bowling looks areas of strength for particularly. Aside from Rashid, Mujeeb and Nabi - No. 6, No. 8 and negative. 10 in the ICC ODI bowlers' rankings - there is Noor, who has had a great spat his presentation IPL season with Gujarat Titans, while Farooqi will lead the quick bowling assault. Rahman comes in on the rear of a decent appearance in the continuous homegrown one-day competition in Afghanistan, where he has gotten seven wickets in five games at an economy pace of 5.81 for Hindukush Strikers.

Afghanistan ODI squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Rahmat Shah (vice-capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Abdul Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Ahmad Malik