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Afghanistan Squad for T20 World Cup 2021: Rashid Khan steps down from captaincy after squad announcement

After Afghanistan announced the squad for the ICC men's T20 World Cup, skipper Rashid Khan decided to step down from captaincy.

Afghanistan Squad for T20 World Cup 2021: Rashid Khan steps down from captaincy after squad announcement

Bengaluru, Sept. 9: After Afghanistan announced the squad for the ICC men's T20 World Cup, skipper Rashid Khan decided to step down from captaincy.

On Thursday, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced an 18-member squad for the world cup with two reserve players. Within minutes of the announcement, skipper Rashid Khan took to social media and stated that he was stepping down from captaincy as his 'consent' had not been taken.

Taking to Twitter, Rashid wrote in a statement, "As the captain and responsible person for the nation, I reserve the right to be part of the selection of the team. The selection committee and ACB has not obtained my consent for the team which has been announced by ACB media.

"I am taking the decision of stepping down from the role as the captain of Afghanistan T20 side effective immediately. It's Always my proud playing for Afghanistan," said Rashid.

All eyes were on Afghanistan with the turmoil in the country after the Taliban took over. Sports also took a big hit as according to reports women's cricket will be stopped in the nation.

As a result of that Cricket Australia has raised doubts over playing against the men's team if the women aren't allowed to play.

The T20 World Cup is set to get underway on October 17th and will be played in UAE and Oman.

Afghanistan Squad:

Rashid Khan (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Shahzad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen ul Haq, Hamid Hassan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Qais Ahmad

Reserves: Afsar Zazai, Farid Ahmad Malik

Story first published: Thursday, September 9, 2021, 23:47 [IST]
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