T20 World Cup: Sharafudin approved as replacement for Asghar in Afghanistan squad

All-rounder
Sharafudin,
who
has
played
17
ODIs
and
nine
T20Is,
was
approved
as
a
replacement
following
Asghar’s
retirement.

A
bowling
all-rounder,
Ashraf
has
claimed
five
wickets
in
his
T20I
career
so
far
with
figures
of
3/27
on
his
debut
in
the
format
back
in
2015
against
the
Netherlands.
He
last
featured
for
the
Afghanistan
T20I
side
in
March,
against
Zimbabwe
in
Abu
Dhabi.

Less
than
24
hours
after
their
heartbreaking
loss
to
Pakistan,
former
skipper
Afghan,
who
holds
the
record
of
most
T20I
wins
as
captain,
announced
his
decision
to
retire
post
the
match
against
Namibia.
Sharafudin
was
a
reserve
as
per
the
allowance
for
teams
to
travel
with
extra
players
in
view
of
COVID-19
quarantine
requirements.

The
replacement
of
a
player
requires
the
approval
of
the
event
technical
committee
before
the
replacement
player
can
be
officially
added
to
the
squad.

The
event
technical
committee
of
the
T20
World
Cup
consists
of
Chris
Tetley
(Head
of
Events,
Chair),
Clive
Hitchcock
(ICC
Senior
Cricket
Operations
Manager),
Rahul
Dravid
and
Dhiraj
Malhotra
(BCCI
Representatives),
Simon
Doull
and
Ian
Bishop
(Independent
Members).