Afghanistan U19 squad announced for ICC U19 World Cup

ACB Selection committee announced Afghanistan U19’s 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC U19 Cricket World Cup that is going to be held in South Africa in January 2020.

According to selection committee, the selected squad is a strong one and are selected based on merit and performance to deliver in the competition and represent the country proudly.

The squad is as follows:              

Farhan Zakhil (C), Sediq Atal, Rahmanullah Zadran, Ibrahim Zadran, Ishaq Mohammadi, Noor Ahmad, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Jamshid Mir Alikhil, Abdul Rahman, Abid Taniwal, Fazal Haq, Imran Mir, Zohaib Zamankhil, Asif Musazai and Abid Mohammadi.

Pacer Samiullah Salarzai, Majeed Alam, Arif Khan, Islam Zazai and Ihsan Mandozai are in the reserved list for the tournament.

The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 is scheduled to be held from 17^th January to 9^th February in South Africa. Afghanistan is in Group D of the competition and is scheduled to face hosts South Africa on 17^th, UAE on 22^nd and Canada on 24^th January 2020 in the Group stage of the tournament