Afghanistan cricketer Usman Ghani has decided to put a pause on his international career following his exclusion from Afghanistan's international squad.
"It has been a privilege to serve as the head of the selection committee for the esteemed Afghanistan Cricket Board," Malikzai said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Rashid Khan is set to miss the first two ODIs of the series against Sri Lanka but is expected to return for the third and final match, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed.
Rashid Khan will lead the Afghanistan squad for the three-match T20I series against UAE. Mohammad Nabi, who stepped down from captaincy after the T20 World Cup, has been left out.
This comes after Cricket Australia announced the senior national side's withdrawal from the white-ball series against Afghanistan due to the Taliban's "further restrictions on women's and girls' education" in the country
All-rounder Gulbadin Naib and the left-arm wrist-spinner Noor Ahmad have been added to the 18-man squad, who were not part of the team for the ODI series against Zimbabwe back in June