Mujeeb come back for Zimbabwe tour, Akbari have maiden T20I call-up

Offspinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who has not played for Afghanistan since June in view of injury, has made a re-visitation of their white-ball crews for the visit through Zimbabwe this month. Mujeeb was sidelined by a right phalanx (hand) sprain, and simply got back to serious cricket without precedent for a very long time at the Abu Dhabi T10 on November 21. Top-request hitter Zubaid Akbari procured his lady hit up to Afghanistan's T20I crew for the Zimbabwe visit, while another top-request player Darwish Rasooli additionally got back to the most brief organization. Afghanistan will keep on missing the administrations of top-request player Ibrahim Zadran, who is as yet recuperating from the lower leg medical procedure he had as of late gone through in Britain. Akbari is falling off a great Arising Groups Asia Cup T20 competition where he was the fourth-most elevated run-getter and the second-most elevated for Afghanistan A with 137 runs in four matches at a strike pace of 131.73. It was under Rasooli - who has played seven T20Is - that Afghanistan A secured their lady Arising Groups Asia Cup T20 in Oman recently. Rasooli's last T20I was against UAE in Sharjah in January this year. Noor Ahmad has been named exclusively in the T20I crew and Riaz Hassan has additionally been avoided with regard to the ODI crew. ACB break boss selector Ahmad Shah said: "It's an incredible inclination to see our cutting edge spinner, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, recuperate from his physical issue and be accessible for determination. He is a fundamental individual from our crew, and we want to believe that he keeps on sparkling brilliantly for Afghanistan. Moreover, Zubaid Akbari and Darwish Rasooli have been reliable entertainers, in homegrown cricket as well as in the as of late finished up ACC Arising Groups Cup, where Afghanistan guaranteed the title. We have remembered the two players for the T20I crew and hope everything works out for them for the impending series." The white-ball leg of the Zimbabwe visit comprises of three T20Is and as numerous ODIs, following which the groups will play two Tests between December 26 and January 6, 2025. Afghanistan are yet to name their Test crew. Change in dates The restricted overs leg of the visit has seen a slight change in dates and as per ACB, this is "to assist the observers with going to the vital games during ends of the week". According to the amended timetable, the three T20Is, which were initially opened to be played on December 9, 11 and 12, have now been pushed to December 11, 13 and 14. These changes have likewise impacted the ODIs, with the primary game currently booked for December 17 and the second and third ODIs on December 19 and 21, separately. Every one of these matches will be played at the Harare Sports Club. Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Rahmat Shah (bad habit capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran and Farid Ahmad Malik