Afghanistan have named a largely youthful squad for the 2026 Asian Video games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with Darwish Rasooli named to guide a 15-member aspect that additionally options skilled campaigners Najibullah Zadran and Karim Janat.
The squad was picked by the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s Nationwide Choice Committee, with a majority of the gamers coming from the lately concluded eleventh version of the Shpageeza Cricket League. Rashid Khan, the common captain and different key gamers together with Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Azmatullah Omarzai will not be a part of the squad.
The Asian Video games are scheduled to happen from September 24 to October 3. Afghanistan will host India in Delhi for a three-game T20I collection within the week earlier than that.
In the meantime, top-order batter Mohammad Akram has earned his place after a prolific Shpageeza Cricket League marketing campaign during which he scored 339 runs in eight innings, together with a century and two fifties. All-rounder Ismat Alam has additionally been rewarded for his performances within the event, having completed with 294 runs and 9 wickets that earned him the SCL’s finest participant award.
Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Ishaq, Hassan Eisakhil, Khalid Taniwal and Imran Mir are among the many different younger gamers included within the squad, whereas Najibullah and Janat carry worldwide expertise.
Afghanistan Asian Video games squad: Darwish Rasooli (c), Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Mohammad Akram, Hassan Eisakhil, Khalid Taniwal, Imran Mir, Faisal Khan Shinozada, Najibullah Zadran, Farmanullah Safi, Ismat Alam, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Arab Gul Momand, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Abdullah Ahmadzai
