AFG vs RSA 2024: Afghanistan's Historic ODI Series Against South Africa ? Full Squad and Schedule
AFG vs RSA: For the first time in the history of Afghanistan cricket, the Afghan team is going to play a three-match ODI series against South Africa. In this historic series, the Afghanistan team will be led by 29-year-old Hashmatullah Shahidi, while Rashid Khan, who has been out of the ODI for a long time, is completely fit. Down below this article will provide: AFG vs RSA Full Schedule and Afghanistan Full Squad
Afghanistan vs South Africa 2024
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Thursday announced Afghanistan's 17-member squad. Opener batsman Ibrahim Zadran has been ruled out of the three-match series against South Africa due to a left ankle sprain, while right-arm offbreak bowler Mujeeb ur Rahman has not been selected in the squad due to a right phalanx sprain.
Afghanistan selectors have included Abdul Malik in the team to fill the void of opener Ibrahim Zadran. Abdul has an excellent record in domestic cricket. Darwish Rasooli, who is an upper-order batsman, has also been selected in the team. Rasooli has played seven matches for Afghanistan so far in which his record was not very good as he scored only 51 runs.
ACB CEO Naseeb Khan: "Hosting South Africa for the first time in our cricketing history is a huge milestone for Afghanistan Cricket." "They are a top-quality side, and playing against them in an ODI series is something we are all excited about.
"Our team has shown great performances in ICC events over the past two-three years, and we are focused on making our team equally competitive in bilateral cricket," he added.
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Afghanistan Full Squad against South Africa
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Abdul Malik, Riaz Hassan, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Nangyal Kharoti, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran and Farid Ahmad Malik.
South Africa Full Squad against Afghanistan
Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (captain), Ottneil Baartman, Nandre Burger,
Tony de Zorzi, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Wiaan Mulder,
Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Nqaba Peter, Andile Simelane, Jason Smith,
Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne and Lizaad William
AFG vs RSA Full Schedule
Wednesday, 18 September: 1st ODI, Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE
Friday, 20 September: 2nd ODI, Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE
Sunday, 22 September: 3rd ODI, Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE
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Source: ICC
