Afghanistan and West Indies announce squads for World T20 2022

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 Afghanistan also named their squad for the prestigious World T20 to be played in Australia from next month. Their performances in the recently concluded Asia Cup was brilliant as they reached the Super 4 stage defeating Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

They went down fighting against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the first two matches of the Super 4 stage. After a thrilling 1-wicket loss to Pakistan, Afghanistan looked tired and lost badly against India in their last Super 4 stage match.

Afghanistan qualified directly to the Super 12 stage due to higher rankings. They have been clubbed with Australia, New Zealand, England, and 2 more qualifying teams from 1st round.

During the 2021 edition of World T20 played in UAE, Afghanistan finished 4th with 2 wins against Scotland and Namibia. They lost to Pakistan, India, and New Zealand. The Afghan team would be looking to continue their impressive run in the prestigious tournament.

Afghanistan has been on a rise with top-quality cricketers like Rashid Khan who can change the course of the match with his all-around abilities. They have good quality young players making a name for themselves against good quality bowling in the 2022 Asia Cup.

Here we look at the Afghanistan squad for World Cup 2022

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Nabi (C), Farid Ahmed Malik, Darwish Rasooli, Asmatullah Omarzai, Fazal Haq Farqooi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Naveen UL Haq, Qais Ahmed, Salim Safi, Najibullah Zadran.

Reserves

Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, Gulbdain Naib.


Afghanistan announce squad for the World T20 2022 

 

West Indies also announced their World Cup squad for the prestigious tournament. They would be featuring in the qualifying round along with Ireland, Zimbabwe, and Scotland in Group B.

The two-time World Champions in the shortest format will be without their star players including Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Chris Gayle, and Dwayne Bravo. Evin Lewis and Johnson Charles make a return to the T20I squad.  

West Indies did not perform well in last year’s edition winning only 1 match against Bangladesh. They lost to South Africa, England, Australia, and Sri Lanka.

Here we look at the West Indies World T20 squad

Johnson Charles, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicolas Pooran (C), Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetymer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hossein, Yannic Cariah, Obed McCoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith, Alazzari Joseph, Sheldon Cottrell.


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