Star bowler out of T20 World Cup 2026, Afghanistan gets big blow

T20 World Cup 2026: All 20 teams are busy completing preparations for the T20 World Cup 2026. A total of 20 teams are going to participate in the mega event. The tournament will start from 7th February. Even before the World Cup, the Afghanistan cricket team has suffered a big setback. The team’s star bowler is out of the World Cup. This is considered a big blow for Afghanistan. Afghanistan will start its campaign in the T20 World Cup from February 8, where the team will face New Zealand.

The team got a big shock

Afghanistan’s star player Naveen Ul Haq is out of the World Cup. According to Cricinfo, fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq has been ruled out of the three-match T20 series against West Indies next week and the Men’s T20 World Cup starting next month. Naveen will undergo surgery at the end of this month. Earlier, he was out of Asia Cup 2025 due to shoulder injury. Naveen is an experienced player of Afghanistan. He has participated in many big tournaments for the country.

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26-year-old Naveen has taken 22 wickets in 15 ODI matches for Afghanistan, while in 48 T20 matches, he has made 67 batsmen his victims. He played his last match for Afghanistan in the year 2024 against Zimbabwe in Harare. At present the board has not announced his replacement.

Afghanistan’s schedule in World Cup 2026

Afghanistan’s full squad for T20 World Cup 2026

Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Abdullah Ahmedzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran.

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