INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Afghanistan Cricket Board&s Selection Committee has finalized the Afghanistan squad for the ICC U19 Men&s Cricket World Cup 2024, which is
scheduled to begin on January 19 in South Africa.Afghanistan Future Stars& regular skipper Naseer Khan is expected to recover in time and is
set to lead the team at the mega event, with the wicket-keeper batter Numan Shah being appointed as his deputy.Top-order batter Ali Ahmad
Nasar has been recalled to the squad after missing the recently held ACC U19 Men&s Asia Cup 2024, whereas the opening batter Hassan
Eisakhil, the right-arm leg-spinner Arab Gul Momand and the right-arm fast bowler Zahid Afghan are included in the Afghanistan squad after
featuring at the Youth Tri-Series last week in Johannesburg.Naseeb Khan, the ACB CEO highlighted the team&s preparation and expressed his
optimism for the team to do well in the event and make the nation proud.&The team has been part of two major events in the last month as
well as has been engaged in extreme training camps over the past six months in the buildup for this mega event
We hope that the team will do well and repeat their success from the previous edition of the World Cup
We wish the team success in the upcoming event,& he said.The squad is as follows:Naseer Khan (Captain), Numan Shah (Vice Captain and
Wicket-Keeper), Hassan Eisakhil, Khalid Taniwal, Jamshid Zadran, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Ali Ahmad Nasar, Sohail Khan Zurmati, Rahimullah
Zurmati, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Arab Gul Momand, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Bashir Ahmad Afghan, Khalil Ahmad and Zahid Afghan.Wahidullah
Zadran, Nasir Hassan and Usman Shinwari are the three players included in the squad.Afghanistan has been placed in Pool D of the competition
alongside Pakistan, New Zealand and Nepal and will begin their campaign against Pakistan on Saturday, January 20 at the Buffalo Park Cricket
Ground in East London.Before stepping into the main draw of the event, Afghanistan will face England and South Africa on January 14 - 16 as
part of the team&s warm up matches before the start of the main draw of the event.Super Cola Beverages Manufacturing Company has secured the
sponsorship rights of the Afghanistan U19 National Team for the ICC U19 Men&s Cricket World Cup.The post ACB name squad for ICC U19 Men&s
Cricket World Cup 2024 first appeared on Ariana News.
