Rashid Khan Replaces Mohammad Nabi As 🇦🇫 T20I Skipper 🏏

Star leg-spinner Rashid Khan was on Thursday named Afghanistan's new T20 commander

Star leg-spinner Rashid Khan was on Thursday named Afghanistan's new T20 commander, supplanting veteran Mohammad Nabi. Rashid, 24, was named chief in front of the 2021 T20 World Cup also yet had ventured down following the declaration of the crew, asserting he was not counseled over determination. Nabi had ventured down post the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.

"Rashid Khan is a gigantic name in Afghanistan Cricket. He has giant experience of playing the configuration all over the planet which will assist him with taking the group to another level in the organization," said Afghanistan Cricket Load up director Mirwais Ashraf in a proclamation.

"Rashid Khan has the experience of driving AfghanAtalan in each of the three configurations previously and we are glad to have him as our captain for the T20I design once more. I'm certain he will end up as the winner and will carry more wonders to the country." T20 hotshot Rashid said captaining the public group is an enormous honor.

"Captaincy is a colossal obligation. I have the experience of driving my nation previously, there is an extraordinary bundle of folks with whom I have a decent comprehension and feel quite good.

"We will attempt to stay together, will make a solid effort to set things in order and give pride and pleasure to our nation and country," said Rashid.

Rashid has up until this point addressed Afghanistan in 74 T20Is and has 122 scalps to his name in the arrangement, which makes him the third driving wicket-taker in the organization behind Tim Southee (134) and Shakib Al Hassan (128).

He has likewise been in extremely popularity in establishment cricket, playing 361 T20 matches for 15 distinct groups all over the planet from 2015 onwards and has stowed a mammoth 491 wickets which makes him the second bowler behind Dwayne Bravo (614) with the most scalps in the configuration

Afghanistan are set to visit UAE in February where they will take on the hosts in three T20Is.