Afghanistan drop Nabi from T20Is and Rasooli from white-ball squads

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Afghanistan’s first task will be a one-off Test against Bangladesh from October 9 in Abu Dhabi, which will be the first full-time Test ctaincy assignment for Rahmat Shah after he took over from Hashmatullah Shahidi.

Rashid Khan and Ibrahim Zadran continue to be rested from Tests as per medical assessments, which has advised them against participating in the longest format. Left-arm spinner Zia-ur-Rehman , meanwhile, returned to the Test side after a long injury layoff that kept him out of action for 14 months. Fast bowling all-rounder Ismat Alam, middle-order batsman Shahidullah, fast bowler Yamin Ahmedzai and leg spinner Khalil Gurbaz have also returned to the Test team.

Alam missed the recent Test against India, while Shahidullah and Ahmadzai were rewarded for their performances in Afghanistan’s domestic first-class tournament, the Ahmad Shah Abdali Tournament. Twenty-five-year-old fast bowler Abdullah Tarakhail earned his maiden T20I call-up after shining in the Shpageeza Cricket League in July, taking 10 wickets in seven games. He was also among the wickets in the Kabul Premier League and the Ahmad Shah Abdali Tournament.

Seam-bowling allrounder Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai and Shahidullah were recalled for the T20Is, while Fareed Ahmad was promoted to the main T20I squad after being among the reserves for the recent T20I series in India. Nabi played all three T20 matches against India in Delhi last month and did not take any wicket in two of them. He scored 8, 20 and 33 and recently slipped out of the top 10 ICC rankings for allrounders, and now finds himself out of the T20I squad too.

However, he is in the ODI team as the Afghanistan Cricket Board and team management are keen on him playing till the 2027 ODI World Cup. Rasooli has been dropped after scoring 26 and 2 runs in the last three innings against India in the Asian Games after being out for a duck twice. Earlier, he also played a low-scoring ODI series in Ireland, where he scored 24, 13 and 16.

After the Test against Bangladesh, Afghanistan will play a short ODI tri-series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe from October 17 to 23, in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, before hosting Zimbabwe for three T20Is (October 27 to November 1) and the two Tests from November 5 and 13, all in Sharjah. Rahmat Shah (ctain), Ikram Alikhil (vice-ctain and wicketkeeper), Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Malik, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rahmanullah Zadran, Shahidullah, Ismat Alam, Qais Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Khalil Gurbaz, Mohammad Saleem, Zia ur Rehman Sharifi and Yameen. Ahmedzai Reserves: Bahir Shah, Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, Bilal Sami and Bashir Ahmed Rahmat Shah (ctain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (vice-ctain and wicketkeeper), Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Khan, A.M. Ghazanfar, Bilal Sami, Zia ur Rehman Sharifi, Fazalhaq Farooqui and Yameen Ahmedzai Traveling reserves: Qais Ahmed Ibrahim Zadran (ct), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Noor Rahman (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Akram, Shahidullah, Ijaz Ahmed Ahmadzai, Azmatullah Umarzai, Abdullah Tarkhil, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Abdullah Ahmedzai and Farid Ahmed Reserves: Faridoon Dawoodzai, Qais Ahmed and Nangyalai Khan Rashid Khan and Ibrahim Zadran have been rested from the Test. Afghanistan announce squads for season packed across all formats in UAE, Mohammad Nabi delivers his best performance in T20Is, Afghanistan vs Canada, Men’s T20 World Cup, Chennai, Feb 19, 2026 Rashid Khan and Ibrahim Zadran have been rested from Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for season packed across all formats in UAE, Rashid Khan and Ibrahim Zadran have been rested from Tests as Afghanistan have announced the squads for a packed season across all formats in the UAE. Mohammad Nabi has rested from Test. Nabi had his best performance in T20Is in the World Cup earlier this year. ICC/Rashid Khan on being removed as Afghanistan’s T20I ctain, Rahmat Shah replaces Hashmatullah Shahidi as Afghanistan’s ODI, Test ctain.