The much-anticipated Afghanistan team crashed out of the T20 World Cup after suffering back-to-back defeats. Afghanistan team did not perform as expected. Mohammad Nabi resigned from the team’s captaincy after the T20 World Cup defeat.
Rashid Khan has been appointed as the new captain of the Afghanistan T20 team. Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s best spin all-rounder and match winner, has a rich experience in international cricket playing 5 Tests, 86 ODIs and 74 T20Is.
Rashid Khan, who is shining as the match winner of the Afghanistan team by making excellent contributions in all aspects like batting, bowling and fielding, has already been the captain of the Afghanistan team in 2019.
He has captained the Afghanistan team in 7 T20Is and 7 ODIs in 2019. Afghanistan team won 4 out of 7 T20 matches played under the captaincy of Rashid Khan. In this case, he has now been appointed as the captain of the Afghanistan T20 team.
At just 24 years of age Rashid Khan is the future of Afghanistan cricket who has a lot of experience in international cricket. A great all-rounder, he is the right player to lead the team forward.