Rashid Khan announced as Afghanistan's white-ball skipper against WI

Afghanistan will be led by Rashid Khan in the limited-overs fixtures of their upcoming tour against the West Indies. The announcement was made on October 25. The entire tournament will be played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

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Rashid, the new skipper

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced the squads which are freshly captained by young Rashid Khan. Afghanistan had a terrible outing at the 2019 Cricket World Cup under Gulbadin Naib's captaincy. This may be the primary reason behind Rashid being the new captain of the white-ball Afghani side. Some players who have made their way into the squad through their performance in the Sphageeza Cricket League are Javed Ahmadi and Ibrahim Zadran. Some players who were dropped from the squad are Shafiqullah Shafiq, Dawlat Zadran, Shahidullah Kamal, Fazal Niazai and Najeeb Tarakai. 

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Full Squads

T20Is: Rashid Khan (captain), Asghar Afghan, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Yamin Ahmadzai, Naveen-ul-Haq, Sayed Ahmad Shirzad, Mujeeb ur Rahman.

ODIs: Rashid Khan (captain), Asghar Afghan, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Javed Ahmadi, Afsar Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Ibrahim Zadran, Yamin Ahmadzai, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ikram Alikhil, Mujeeb ur Rahman.

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Tournament Schedule

The tournament will be played at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

Here is the full schedule for the series:

November 5 - 1st T20I - 6:30 PM IST

November 7 - 2nd T20I - 6:30 PM IST

November 9 - 3rd T20I - 6:30 PM IST

November 13 - 1st ODI - 1:00 PM IST

November 16 - 2nd ODI - 1:00 PM IST

November 18 - 3rd ODI - 1:00 PM IST

November 27 - Only Test - 10:00 AM IST

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