Rashid Khan Named Afghanistan's New T20I Skipper, Replaces Mohammad Nabi

Rashid Khan has replaced Mohammad Nabi as Afghanistan’s new T20I skipper. Nabi resigned as the skipper after Afghanistan’s disappointing campaign in the T20 World Cup 2022. Before the T20 World Cup, Nabi also led the side in the Asia Cup where they came up with an impressive performance.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board shared the news on their official Twitter handle. The spin wizard has previously led the side in 2019 but will not take up the role on a full-time basis. Along with Nabi, Rashid has been the torchbearer of Afghanistan cricket since making his debut in 2015.

Meet Our T20I Captain ??@rashidkhan_19, Afghanistan’s Cricketing Wizard, has replaced @MohammadNabi007 as AfghanAtalan’s captain for the T20I format.

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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) December 29, 2022

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Mirwais Ashraf, the ACB Chairman welcomed Rashid and expressed his happiness on the former’s appointment as full-time captain.

Rashid Khan A Massive Name In Afghanistan Cricket: Mirwais Ashraf, ACB Chairman

“Rashid Khan is a massive name in Afghanistan Cricket. He has colossal experience of playing the format around the world which will help him take the team to a new level in the format” added Mirwais Ashraf.

“Rashid Khan has the experience of leading AfghanAtalan in all three formats before and we are happy to have him as our skipper for the T20I format again. I am sure he will come out on top and will bring more glories to the nation” he further added.

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Rashid Khan also shared his thoughts on being appointed as the team’s new T20I skipper. He said that he would like to lead a group of players who are close to him as teammates and will also fall back on his previous captaincy stint.

Rashid Khan Second Highest Wicket Taker In T20 Cricket

“Captaincy is a huge responsibility. I have the experience of leading my country before, there is a great bunch of guys with whom I have a good understanding and feel pretty comfortable. We will try to stick together, will work hard to put things on the right track and bring pride and joy to our country and nation” said Rashid.

Rashid is a globetrotter in franchise T20 cricket and is the second-highest wicket-taker in the format after West Indies legend Dwayne Bravo. He has played 361 T20 matches for 15 different teams bagging a total of 491 wickets only second to Bravo’s 614. He is ahead in this list amongst names like Tim Southee, Sunil Narine, and Shakib Al Hasan.

Rashid Khan’s first assignment as Afghanistan’s T20I skipper will be a three-match series against UAE next year in February.

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