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Afghanistan New Captain: The 2026 T20 World Cup went very badly for Afghanistan. Afghanistan, which reached the semi-finals last season, could not even reach the Super-8 in this tournament. The team was eliminated from the group stage itself. In view of this poor performance of the team, captain Rashid Khan was dismissed.
Rashid was seen commanding Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup. Now after the tournament, opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran has been made the new captain of the T20 team. This decision was taken on Thursday (05 March), when the Afghan Board announced the team for the white ball series against Sri Lanka.
It was said in the release that Ibrahim Zadran, who was earlier playing the role of vice-captain for the team, has now replaced Rashid as the captain in T20 International. Although Rashid is included as a spinner in both ODI and T20 teams.
cut card of three players
It was told in the release that left-arm fast bowler Fazal Haq Farooqui, all-rounder Gulbadin Naib and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Ishaq, who were included in the team for the T20 World Cup, have been left out of both the squads.
🚨 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT! 🚨
Here are our squads for the upcoming White Ball Series against Sri Lanka. 👍
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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) March 5, 2026
The series will take place between March 13 and 25
The white ball series between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will be played in UAE. First, a three-match T20 series will be played between the two, the three matches of which will be played on March 13, March 15 and March 17 respectively. All three matches will be held in Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
After this the three-match ODI series will start. The first match of the ODI series will be played on 20 March, the second on 22 March and the third on 25 March. All three matches of the ODI series will be played at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.
T20 series squad
Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Rehmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Noor Rehman (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Zia Ur Rehman Sharifi, Farid Ahmed Malik and Abdullah Ahmedzai.
ODI series squad
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Rahmat Shah (Vice-Captain), Rehmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Zia ur Rehman Sharifi, Farid Ahmed Malik and Bilal Sami.