"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.
Afghanistan's ace cricketer Rashid Khan will not feature in the upcoming one-off Test match against Bangladesh. The young spinner has been rested for the Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur which is set to begin on June 14. Afghanistan Cricket announced Rashid's absence on their Twitter han
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
CA announced on Thursday that it would withdraw from the three-match series after consulting with a number of stakeholders, including the Australian government. CA's decision comes after the Taliban imposed new restrictions on the education and employment of women and girls.