Gulbadin Naib to lead Afghanistan in the world cup

[Norman]

Asghar Afghan has been removed as captain of Afghanistan just over a month before the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board announced on Friday, 5 April.

Afghanistan have, instead, opted for split captaincy, with Gulbadin Naib instated at the helm in one-day internationals and set to captain the side at the World Cup. Rahmat Shah will be in charge of the Test side, with Rashid Khan taking the Twenty20 International reins.

Asghar, who replaced Mohammad Nabi as captain in 2015, had a highly successful stint in the role. Under his leadership, Afghanistan became a Full Member of the ICC, and in March, they secured a historic maiden Test victory against Ireland in Dehradun. 

The 31-year-old commanded the team to 33 ODI victories, including a triumphant campaign at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018, where they beat West Indies in the final in Zimbabwe. Afghan's record in T20Is is particularly impressive – they won 37 out of 59 games with him in charge.

Afghanistan will tour Scotland and Ireland in May to take on the hosts in two ODIs each. They will also lock horns with Pakistan and England in one-off ODIs before beginning their World Cup campaign against Australia on 1 June.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Norman

[Norman]

Who is this Naib guy?  And why is he captain and not Rashid or Nabi? 

 

And most importantly, why did they sack Stanikzai this close to the world cup? 

[Turning_track]

Never a good idea for change of ranks when the world cup is just a few weeks away. Asghar lead his country well in last few seasons, I don't know why he was removed. If they were so hell bent on change of captaincy then Muhammed Nabi, Rashid Khan were other candidates but instead they gave the charge of ODI team to a certain nobody. 

[jusarrived]

 

 

Same Gulbadin from this documentary . This was ~10 years back , amazing how fro they have come 

[Sachinism]

Silly decision to take just before the WC. Can't go down well. Nabi and Rashid have already come out criticising the selection committee

[jf1gp_1]

bitten by PCB ?

[The Hound]

Why change the guy who just won you a test match and has been pretty good overall. And this Naib guy is a bits and pieces player whose place in playing XI isn't fixed.  

[philcric]

Both Nabi and Asghar have done a great job as captains for Afg in the last 4-5 years.

 

If Asghar had to be removed for whatever reasons, Md Nabi should have been made the captain. He is a very sorted guy, well respected and a first choice player in the team.

 

G Naib is a utility player, he may not necessarily make it to the first choice XI.

 

 

[Zero_Unit]

Why would they do something retarded like this a month before the WC? What's the juicy story behind the door? 

[Starpower]

rashid and nabi not happy of the changes even rashid now captain of t20i team

[Norman]

Asghar Afghan reappointed as Captain in all formats. 

 

Now , I agree . They surely learnt Cricket from Greenbros. 

[Norman]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 12, 2019 by Norman