T20 World Cup 2022: Probable Playing XI of top 8 teams

6. Afghanistan

Mohammad Nabi and company will be the dark horse of the T20 World Cup. In the recently concluded Asia Cup, the team showed their worth and even after they lost all their three super four matches, they played some good cricket and that’s going to be a threat for a lot of opponents in the upcoming event in Australia.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz was one of the best players in the squad and gave Afghanistan a good start in the majority of the matches. He along with Hazratullah Zazai will be responsible to give the Afghans a fiery start as the middle order can stumble. The strike rate of the players in the middle order is a major problem for the Afghanistan team but Ibrahim Zadran’s form will be a massive boost for the team in the T20 World Cup. At the same time, Mohammad Nabi will be very concerned about his own form.

When it comes to bowling, they have Rashid Khan, one of the most dominating bowlers in the cricketing world. He along with Mujeeb Ur Rahman will be crucial from Afghanistan’s point of view as the duo is known to pick important wickets for the team. Their pacers are inexperienced but under Umar Gul, they are learning new tricks. Even though they are yet to be at their absolute best, the pacers still are a threat to batters.

Afghanistan’s probable playing XI - Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmed Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi.