The Afghanistan Cricket Board has stripped Asghar Afghan of the nationwide crew captaincy, blaming him for dropping the check match in opposition to Zimbabwe in March at Abu Dhabi.
The ACB mentioned in an announcement on Monday that “some of Afghan’s decisions as captain of the team resulted in Afghanistan’s loss to Zimbabwe in the first test of the series.”
The ACB didn’t spotlight any specific determination made by Afghan through the match however mentioned the choice to take away him from the captaincy was taken on the premise of an “investigation conducted by ACB’s investigative committee.”
Zimbabwe thumped Afghanistan by 10 wickets inside two days within the first Test earlier than Afghanistan leveled the sequence by successful the second Test by six wickets.
Left-handed batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi was appointed as new check and ODI captain whereas Rahmat Shah shall be Shahid’s deputy in each codecs.
Top-ranked Twenty20 leg-spinner Rashid Khan was named vice-captain for T20s whereas the ACB mentioned it would quickly announce a captain for the format.
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