{"id":196556,"date":"2026-07-24T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196556"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:07:25","slug":"afghanistan-announces-squad-for-ireland-odis-rashid-khan-included-mujeeb-ur-rahman-out-with-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196556","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan announces squad for Ireland ODIs \u2014 Rashid Khan included; Mujeeb Ur Rahman out with injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71263786\">Afghanistan brought back pacers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Yamin Ahmadzai in a strong squad for next month\u2019s five-match one-day international series in Ireland, selectors announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The series will be part of Afghanistan\u2019s build-up for next year\u2019s World Cup to be hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>Ace spinner Rashid Khan will lead the slow bowling attack, but his fellow spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman is out as he is still recovering from injury.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ |  <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/india-test-team-selection-questions-sri-lanka-tour\/article71260906.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India Test squad for Sri Lanka: Three big selection calls that could shape the series<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The series starts in Bready with the first two ODIs on August 5 and 7, before moving on to Belfast for the remaining three matches on August 10, 12 and 15.<\/p>\n<p>Fast bowlers Fareed Malik and Bilal Sami were left out of last month\u2019s series against India while veteran allrounder Mohammad Nabi was not available for the series due to playing in a Twenty20 League in Guyana.<\/p>\n<p>Rahmat Shah will lead the team for the first time after replacing Hashmatullah Shahidi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nFULL SQUAD<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>\nRahmat Shah (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Nangyal Kharotai, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Yamin Ahmadzai, Saleem Safi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Zia Ur Rahman\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 24, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/afghanistan-full-squad-ireland-odi-series-list-of-players-rashid-khan-cricket-news\/article71263786.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan brought back pacers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Yamin Ahmadzai in a strong squad for next month\u2019s five-match one-day international series in Ireland, selectors announced on Friday. The series will be part of Afghanistan\u2019s build-up for next year\u2019s World Cup to be hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Ace spinner Rashid Khan will lead the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/India_Afghanistan_Cricket_84_83.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198338,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198338","url_meta":{"origin":196556,"position":0},"title":"Ireland squad for Afghanistan ODIs: Jai Moondra gets maiden 50-over call-up","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ireland, on Tuesday, named a 14-man squad to take on Afghanistan in a five-match ODI series beginning in Bready on August 5. 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