Teenage Afghanistan off-spinner AM Ghazanfar has been dominated out of each the ICC Champions Trophy and the IPL resulting from a decrease again fracture that may preserve him on the sidelines for at the very least 4 months, the nation’s cricket board introduced on Wednesday. Left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote, initially named as a reserve, has changed the 18-year-old in the principle squad for Champions Trophy, which might be held in Pakistan and the UAE from February 19. The 20-year-old Kharote is a left-arm spinner and has performed seven ODIs and 6 T20 Internationals since making his debut final yr.
Ghazanfar sustained the damage throughout Afghanistan’s tour of Zimbabwe late final yr, sidelining him for “at the very least 4 months”.
“AM Ghazanfar has been dominated out of the ICC Champions Trophy resulting from a fracture within the L4 vertebra (positioned within the decrease again), particularly within the left pars interarticularis,” the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) posted on ‘X’.
“He sustained the damage throughout Afghanistan’s latest tour of Zimbabwe and might be sidelined for no less than 4 months, remaining beneath remedy throughout this era,” it added.
The IPL is scheduled to happen from March 21 to Could 25 and Ghazanfar was to make his maiden look on the occasion after being purchased by Mumbai Indians.
The ACB additionally knowledgeable that off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman will proceed to overlook ODI motion “till he has totally recovered,” regardless of enjoying for Paarl Royals within the SA20 by January and early February.
Mujeeb, who was not included within the provisional squad for Champions Trophy, final performed an ODI in the course of the 2023 World Cup.
Afghanistan will start their Champions Trophy marketing campaign towards South Africa on February 21 in Karachi, adopted by matches towards England and Australia.
Afghanistan squad for Champions Trophy: Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Ibrahim Zadran, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah (vice-capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fareeh Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nangeyalia Kharote, Naveed Zadran, Noor Ahmad.
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