Afghanistan has not included veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi and middle-order batter Darwish Rasooli in its squads for the upcoming series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
Nabi and Rasooli were part of Afghanistan’s squad for its ‘home’ three-match T20I series against India in New Delhi in September, which the host lost 0-3.
Nabi played all three games, but went wicketless in two of those. Rasooli has been on a poor run of form in recent times, having registered two ducks in the Asian Games 2026 after scores of 26 and 2 against India.
Afghanistan begins its packed schedule with a one-off Test against Bangladesh from October 9, before it faces Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in a Tri-ODI series from October 17 to 23.
Then, the team will play Zimbabwe in three T20Is and two Tests. All matches will be held in the UAE.
Afghanistan Test squad for Bangladesh and Zimbabwe
Rahmat Shah (capt), Ikram Alikhil (vice-capt & wk), Afsar Zazai (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Malik, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rahmanullah Zadran, Shahidullah, Ismat Alam, Qais Ahmad, Zia-ur-Rehman, Khalil Gurbaz, Mohammad Saleem, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi and Yamin Ahmadzai
Reserves: Bahir Shah, Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, Bilal Sami and Bashir Ahmad
Afghanistan ODI squad for tri-series against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe
Rahmat Shah (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (vice-capt & wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohamamd Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Bilal Sami, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Yamin Ahmadzai
Travelling reserve: Qais Ahmad
Afghanistan T20I squad for Zimbabwe
Ibrahim Zadran (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Noor Rahman (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Akram, Shahidullah, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abdullah Tarakhail, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai and Fareed Ahmad
Reserves: Faridoon Dawoodzai, Qais Ahmad and Nangyalai Khan
Published on Oct 02, 2026
