Afghanistan’s hazardous wicket keeper batsman Mohammad Shahzad has been governed out of the ICC World Cup. 18-year-old Ikram Ali Khil will have his spot in the squad.
This damage comes after Shahzad had harmed his knee during Afghanistan’s initially warm-up game against Pakistan. Shahzad had resigned harmed in that game so as to maintain a strategic distance from irritation. Afghanistan endeavored to deal with his damage as Shahzad was given rest for the group’s second warm-up game against England. The wicket-guardian batsman returned for Afghanistan’s initial two World Cup diversions against Australia and England, yet those appearances just exasperated the officially existing damage.
Shahzad’s damage has come as a noteworthy mishap for Afghanistan considering he is the nation’s driving run scorer in history in ODIs. Afghanistan have likewise had an awful begin to the competition with two successive misfortunes against Australia and Sri Lanka and this damage mishap may further diminish Afghanistan’s odds of indenting up a couple of miracles in this World Cup. Shahzad is urgent for Afghanistan considering his forceful stroke play up at the top. In a delicate Afghanistan batting line up, Shahzad was relied upon to be one of the main lights.
Thinking about this circumstance, ICC’s specialized board affirmed Afghanistan’s solicitation for a substitution. Thusly, Ikram Ali Khil was named as Shahzad’s substitution.
Ali Khil, who was named in Afghanistan’s World Cup stores list, just made his ODI debut against Ireland in March 2019. He was likewise part of Afghanistan’s memorable 2017 U-19 Asia Cup winning squad. Ali Khil scored a splendid 100 against Pakistan in the last as Afghanistan won their first since forever U-19 Asia Cup. The youthful wicket-manager batsman was likewise part of the Afghanistan U-19 side that achieved the semi-finals of the U-19 World Cup in 2018.
It stays to be seen whether Afghanistan supplant Shahzad with their second-decision opener in Noor Ali Zadran or settle on a temporary mix. Afghanistan should rapidly discover an answer given that it has been their batting that has given them a chance to down so far in the World Cup
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