{"id":10465,"date":"2025-12-31T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=676061"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:06:14","slug":"naveen-ul-haq-gulbadin-naib-return-as-afghanistan-name-t20-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/naveen-ul-haq-gulbadin-naib-return-as-afghanistan-name-t20-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Naveen-ul-Haq, Gulbadin Naib return as Afghanistan name T20 World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Naveen-ul-Haq and Gulbadin Naib have been recalled to Afghanistan\u2019s squad for the upcoming <strong>ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup<\/strong>, as the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced a <strong>15-member squad<\/strong> on Wednesday. The side will be led by <strong>Rashid Khan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Naveen-ul-Haq returns to the national setup after recovering from a shoulder injury. The fast bowler last featured in a T20I in <strong>December 2024<\/strong> and has not played any international cricket since then. Gulbadin Naib also makes a comeback after missing recent assignments.<\/p>\n<p>The returning duo, along with <strong>Mohammad Ishaq<\/strong>, were not part of the Afghanistan team that toured <strong>Zimbabwe<\/strong> for a T20I series in October\u2013November earlier this year. Ishaq, a 20-year-old wicketkeeper, later featured in a one-off T20I against <strong>Qatar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Afghanistan squad for T20 World Cup<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reserves:<\/strong><br \/>\nAM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi<\/p>\n<p>Players including <strong>Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Bashir Ahmad<\/strong>, and <strong>Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai<\/strong>, who were part of the Zimbabwe tour squad, have been omitted from the World Cup lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan have been placed in <strong>Group D<\/strong>, alongside <strong>New Zealand, South Africa, UAE, and Canada<\/strong>. Their World Cup campaign will begin against <strong>New Zealand on February 8 in Chennai<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The same 15-player squad will also feature in Afghanistan\u2019s <strong>three-match T20I series against West Indies<\/strong>, scheduled to be played in the <strong>UAE from January 19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naveen-ul-Haq and Gulbadin Naib have been recalled to Afghanistan\u2019s squad for the upcoming ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, as the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}