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Naveen returns to the team as Afghanistan named the squad for the ODI World Cup 2023

Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the team as Afghanistan named the squad for the ODI World Cup 2023 starting from 5th October.

Abishek GoswamiSeptember 13, 2023 at 02:38 PM • 2 min read
Naveen returns to the team as Afghanistan named the squad for the ODI World Cup 2023
Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the team as Afghanistan named the squad for the ODI World Cup 2023 starting from 5th October.

Afghanistan Cricket Board announced a 15-member squad for the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 starting in India from October. Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the squad. There will be three reserve players including senior allrounder Gulbadin Naib, Sharafudin Ashraf, and Farid Ahmad Malik. Naveel Ul Haq will be making his comeback into the ODI squad after two years.

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Afghanistan will open its World Cup campaign against Bangladesh in Dharamsala on October 7. Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, and Suliman Safi missed out aside from Naib. Azmatullah Omarzai will return from an injury that sidelined him from the Asia Cup. Naveen, who last played a List A game in 2021, will also come back into the squad for the upcoming ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023.

Aside from senior spinners Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, the squad also features Mujeeb ur Rahman and Noor Ahmad. The pace attack is filled by the return of Naveen and also has Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, and Omarzai.

Afghanistan ODI World Cup squad 2023: 

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq.

Reserve Players: 

Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, and Farid Ahmad Malik

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