ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Afghanistan Squad And Schedule, Groups, Time And Venue

Afghanistan over the years has been the most improved side going on international cricket and they will be looking to make a big statement in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021. A lot of doubts had prevailed over their participation in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 after the Taliban had taken over the country and it will be a huge relief for them to make it to the big tournament. They will be eager to show their immense talent in the tournament.

Afghanistan have earlier named Rashid Khan as the skipper of the side but he had opted out of captaincy with some displeasure with the board and experienced T20 campaigner Mohammad Nabi has been named as the skipper of the side for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. They can defeat any big side on their day and here is the Afghanistan Squad And Schedule, Groups, Time, And Venue in ICC T20 World Cup 2021.

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Afghanistan Squad For ICC T20 World Cup 2021:

Afghanistan cricket board named a 15 member squad for the T20 World Cup 2021 along with 4 travelling reserves with the squad.

Squad: Mohammad Nabi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Shahzad, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Hamid Hassan, Farid Ahmed Malik, Naveen ul Haq.

Reserves: Sharafuddin Ashraf, Samiullah Shinwari, Dawlat Zadran, Fazal Haq Farooqi.

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Afghanistan Schedule And Groups For ICC T20 World Cup 2021:

Afghanistan is placed in group 2 comprising of  India, New Zealand and Pakistan and two more teams will be added to the group from the winners of the Round 1 fixture.

	Group A	Group B
	Sri Lanka National Cricket Team	Bangladesh National Cricket Team
Round 1	Ireland National Cricket Team	Scotland National Cricket Team
	The Netherlands National Cricket Team	Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team
	Nambia National Cricket Team	Oman National Cricket Team

*Top two teams from each group advance to Super 12s

			Group 1	Group 2
			England National Cricket Team	India National Cricket Team
			Australia National Cricket Team	New Zealand National Cricket Team
Super 12s			South Africa National Cricket Team	Pakistan National Cricket Team
			West Indies National Cricket Team	Afghanistan National Cricket Team
			A1	A2
			B2	B1

Afghanistan Complete Schedule, Time And Venue

25 October 2021 – Afghanistan vs B1 – 19:30 PM – Sharjah

29 October 2021 – Afghanistan v Pakistan – 19:30 PM – Dubai

31 October 2021 – Afghanistan v A2 – 15:30 PM – Abu Dhabi

3 November 2021 – Afghanistan v India – 19:30 – Abu Dhabi

7 November 2021 – Afghanistan v New Zealand -15:30 – Abu Dhabi

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