MOHALI: Newly-appointed Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran on Wednesday confirmed that his staff’s star spinner Rashid Khan will sit out of the three-match T20I sequence.
Rashid has travelled to India with the staff however remains to be in “restoration mode” after a lower-back surgical procedure he underwent simply after the ODI World Cup.
“He (Rashid) is travelling with the staff however will not be absolutely match,” Zadran stated.
“We are going to miss him for the whole sequence. Rashid is a key participant and we hope he will get match as quickly as attainable. At present, he’s present process rehab below our staff physician’s watch.”
In addition to Rashid, Afghanistan have 4 different frontline spinners within the squad — thriller spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, chinaman bowler Noor Ahmad, leg-spinner Qais Ahmad, left-arm orthodox Sharafuddin Ashraf and veteran off-spinner Mohammad Nabi.
Zadran is anticipating the opposite spinners to ship in Rashid’s absence.
“We have now sufficient firepower (within the spin division). The opposite spinners have performed sufficient and have dealt with tough conditions. (Mohammad) Nabi is the senior-most in our staff,” he stated.
Rashid has travelled to India with the staff however remains to be in “restoration mode” after a lower-back surgical procedure he underwent simply after the ODI World Cup.
“He (Rashid) is travelling with the staff however will not be absolutely match,” Zadran stated.
“We are going to miss him for the whole sequence. Rashid is a key participant and we hope he will get match as quickly as attainable. At present, he’s present process rehab below our staff physician’s watch.”
In addition to Rashid, Afghanistan have 4 different frontline spinners within the squad — thriller spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, chinaman bowler Noor Ahmad, leg-spinner Qais Ahmad, left-arm orthodox Sharafuddin Ashraf and veteran off-spinner Mohammad Nabi.
Zadran is anticipating the opposite spinners to ship in Rashid’s absence.
“We have now sufficient firepower (within the spin division). The opposite spinners have performed sufficient and have dealt with tough conditions. (Mohammad) Nabi is the senior-most in our staff,” he stated.
