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New Delhi: Afghanistan’s premier leg-spinner Rashid Khan makes a return to the squad for its upcoming ODI series against South Africa, scheduled to happen from September 18-22 in Sharjah. Rashid had missed the previous ODI series against Ireland and was even out of Afghanistan’s one-off Test against New Zealand, which has seen no play for four days due to rain in Greater Noida.
Afghanistan will be without the services of top-order batter Ibrahim Zadran who has been ruled out of the series due to an ankle sprain in his left leg. Spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman will also not be available as he is yet to fully recover from a right phalanx sprain.
In absence of the duo, Afghanistan have got in top-order batter Abdul Malik, who recently put on some incredible performances in domestic List A competitions, and Darwish Rasooli, who has seven T20I caps and put on terrific consistent performances in the recently held List A Cup and the SCL9 tournaments.
“Mujeeb Ur Rahman continues to recover from his injury and is unavailable for selection. Ibrahim Zadran will also miss the South Africa ODIs for twisting his ankle on the edge of the New Zealand Test.” “However, we have included some of the top-performing youngsters in Abdul Malik and Darwish Rasooli. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar is also a talented cricketer and has demonstrated excellent skills recently and will cover for Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the series,” said chief selector Ahmad Shah Sulimankhil in a statement.
The rest of the ODI squad remains the same that helped Afghanistan beat Ireland 2-0 in a series held in March this year.
