Champions Trophy - Afghanistan's AM Ghazanfar out with injury, Nangeyalia Kharote named replacement

Champions Trophy – Afghanistan’s AM Ghazanfar out with harm, Nangeyalia Kharote named alternative


I’ve Ghazanfarthe 18-year-old right-arm fingerspinner who has made such a vibrant begin to his ODI profession, has been dominated out of the Champions Trophy 2025 due to a “fracture within the L4 vertebra”. Left-arm spinner Nangeyalia kharotewho was initially within the listing of reserves, has now changed Ghazanfar in the primary squad.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), which tweeted out the information on Wednesday morning, stated that Ghazanfar sustained the harm throughout Afghanistan’s tour of Zimbabwe late final 12 months, and “will likely be sidelined for no less than 4 months and can stay underneath therapy throughout this era”. Which means he may also be out of the IPL that’s set to be performed from March 21 to Could 25. Ghazanfar had bagged his maiden IPL contract not too long ago, with Mumbai Indians.

Ghazanfar, who has 21 wickets from 11 ODIs to date, performed three video games for MI Emirates within the UAE’s ILT20 league in January after the tour of Zimbabwe. He wasn’t as efficient as MI Emirates would have hoped him to be, although, bowling 7.1 overs in these three video games, and choosing up only one wicket with an economic system fee of 9.48.

Twenty-year-old Kharote, who hasn’t performed for Afghanistan for the reason that ODI collection towards Bangladesh in Sharjah in November final 12 months – he starred in Afghanistan’s win within the second sport with 3 for 28 – has performed seven ODIs and 6 T20Is since making his worldwide debut in March 2024.

Afghanistan have a bunch of top-notch spinners of their line-up – Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad and Mohammad Nabi – however proceed to be with out Mujeb ur rahman. Mujeeb, who performed the total SA20 season with Paarl Royals by way of January and early February, hasn’t performed for Afghanistan since that tour of Zimbabwe and was not named within the unique Champions Trophy squad. He has not performed ODIs for the reason that 2023 World Cup in India and will likely be out “till he has absolutely recovered”, the ACB assertion stated.

Afghanistan squad for the Champions Trophy

Hashmatullah Shahidi (Capt), Ibrahim Zadran, Ikram Alikhil (WK), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah (Vice-Capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Prophet, Rashid Khan, Fareeh Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nangeyalia Kharote, Naveed Zadran, Noor Ahmad


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