T20 World Cup 2026: This player is out of the team just before the New Year, will not play T20 World Cup

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This important player will not play in the T20 World Cup (Photo-George Wood – ECB/ECB via Getty Images)

Afghanistan cricket team has announced its squad for T20 World Cup 2026. Afghan selectors have announced a 15-man squad for West Indies and T20 World Cup on Wednesday, December 31, in which a big match-winning spinner has been left out. We are talking about mystery spinner Allah Ghazanfar who has not got a chance in the team. Let us tell you that T20 World Cup will be held in India and Sri Lanka from 7 February to 8 March. Before this tournament, the Afghan team will also play a three-match T20 series in UAE from 19 to 22 January.

Why is Allah Ghazanfar out?,

Mystery spinner Allah Ghazanfar’s T20 record is amazing and despite this he has not got a chance in the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that although Allah Ghazanfar has played only 5 T20 International matches, in which he has taken two wickets, but his economy rate is only 6 runs per over. Apart from this, he has taken 74 wickets in 60 matches in T20. It is clear that this player is a big match winner but despite this he is out of the team.

ACB Chief Selector Ahmed Shah Sulemankhil said that it was not easy to oust Allah Ghazanfar. He said, ,It was a difficult decision to keep Ghazanfar out of the team, because Mujeeb was included in his place. Shahid Ullah Kamal performed well in the recent tournament and he is a good left-handed batsman, who can prove to be very important in big tournaments.,

Return of Gulbadin-Naveen Ul Haq

Rashid Khan will captain the Afghanistan team in the T20 World Cup. All-rounder Gulbadin Naib and right-arm fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq, who has recovered from a shoulder injury, have returned to the team. Left-handed middle order batsman Shahid Ullah Kamal and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Ishaq have retained their places in the team. Young fast bowler Abdullah Ahmadzai has also been included in the team. Fazal Haq Farooqui, who missed the recent series against Bangladesh, has been included in the 15-man squad for both the West Indies series and the T20 World Cup.

Afghanistan team for T20 World Cup 2026

Rashid Khan (captain), Ibrahim Zadran (vice-captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Ishaq (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Umarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Naveen Ul Haq, Fazal Haq Farooqui and Abdullah. Ahmedzai.

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