Kabul: Star spinner Rashid Khan will captain Afghanistan in the one-off Test against Bangladesh besides the T20 tri-series also featuring Zimbabwe, the country’s cricket board announced on Tuesday.
Rashid was named Afghanistan skipper following the team’s winless campaign at the World Cup last month. Gulbadin Naib had captained the team in the World Cup. Chief selector Andy Moles, who was accompanied by member of selection committee Mujahid Zadran, announced both the squads at the Aghanistan Cricket Board headquarters here. The Test squad will leave to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for a training camp before travelling to Bangladesh on August 30 to play the one-off match against the hosts from September 5-9. Afghanistan to play their first match on September 14 against Zimbabwe, then Bangladesh on September 15, Zimbabwe on September 20 and Bangladesh on September 21. (PTI)
