Asghar Afghan News
The India Maharajas will need to win their last league encounter against the World Giants on Wednesday (January 26) if they hope to reach the final.
Eoin Morgan now has 43 wins from 68 T20I matches he led England, while MS Dhoni – who retired last year – had won 42 matches out of 72 he played as India skipper.
Afghan holds the record for most wins (42) as captain in T20 internationals.
Afghan played 114 ODIs and six test matches.
Afghan captained his country for their first-ever test match against India.
Afghanistan is locking horns with Namibia in the ongoing T20 World Cup on Sunday and this will be Asghar Afghan's last match for his side.
One of Afghanistan’s top cricketers, Asghar Afghan has five children from his first wife.
In a first step towards returning to action after game was distrupted due to coronavirus pandemic, a 22-member squad of Afghanistan cricketers will begin a month-long training camp at the Kabul Cricket Stadium from Monday.
Asghar Afghan, who was axed as Afghanistan skipper ahead of the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, has been reappointed to the post across all formats of the game.
Just before the World Cup, the Afghanistan Cricket Board had removed Asghar Afghan from captaincy and made Gulbadin Naib the skipper of the national team for the quadrennial event.
Bangladesh started the day on 196/8 and Mohammad Nabi, playing his last Test, took the first wicket of the day off his third ball, bowling Tauijul Islam through the gate.
Rashid, 20, who already captains the team in Twenty20 Internationals, will take over from Gulbadin Naib in one-dayers and Rahmat Shah in tests.
Afghanistan, who are considered as minnows, will make their second appearance at the quadrennial event after featuring for the first time during the 2015 edition of the World Cup.
Afghanistan will kickstart their campaign at the 2019 ICC World Cup against defending champion Australia on June 1.
While all-rounder Gulbadin Naib was named as the new ODI skipper of Afghanistan, Rahmat Shah and Rashid Khan will take over the reins of Test and T20I sides, respectively.
While all-rounder Gulbadin Naib has been named as the new ODI skipper of Afghanistan, Rahmat Shah and Rashid Khan will take over the reins of Test and T20I sides, respectively.
Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali, Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan and spinner Rashid Khan were fined 15 percent of the match fees for a Level 1 breach of the International Cricket Council code of conduct.
Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka in the Group B match at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
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