Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced a 17 -member team for the Asia Cup 2025. Rashid Khan will be the captain of the team. See which players have been selected in the team. The Asia Cup is being held on 9 September. Afghanistan cricket team is included in Group B.

Afghanistan cricket team is included in Group B, along with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong in this group. In this team captained by Rashid Khan, it is capable to make a place in Super 4. The first match of the Asia Cup is with Afghanistan’s Hong Kong.

Players involved in Afghanistan Squad for Asia Cup 2025

Rashid Khan (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Jadaran, Darwish Rasuli, Sedikullah Atal, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujib ur Rehman, AM Ghaznafar, Noor Ahmed Malik, Naveen, Naveen.

Reserve Players: Vafiullah Tarakhel, Nangyal Kharote, Abdullah Ahmedzai.

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Here’s Afghanatalan’s Squad for the Accc Men’s T20 Asia cup 2025, which is all set to be help from September 9 to 28 in the uae.

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Rashid Khan experienced captain

Rashid has a lot of experience in T20 cricket, he has also captained many league cricket with this team. Their experience team will work. He has taken 161 wickets in 96 International T20 matches. He has the power to bother good batsmen, not only that but also batting well in the lower order.

Experienced players in Afghanistan team

Wicket -keeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz has played 66 T20 international matches, in which he has 1683 runs in his name. Opener Ibrahim Jadaran has scored 1105 runs in 44 T20 matches. All -rounder Azmatullah Omarzai is also experienced, he has 474 runs and 31 wickets in 47 T20 matches.

40 -year -old Mohammad Nabi is also in the team, who has played 132 T20 international matches in his career. In this, he has 2237 runs and 97 wickets. The team’s batsman all -rounder Gulbadin Naib has played 75 T20 international matches in his career, in which he has 945 runs and 33 wickets.

Mujib ur Rehman will play an important role in the Asia Cup, he is one of the important players of the Afghanistan team. Bowler Rahman has played 125 international matches, including 49 T20 matches. He has taken 63 wickets in 49 matches.