Minutes after Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) declared the 18-part crew for the T20 World Cup 2021, Rashid Khan took to Twitter to report his choice to surrender his captaincy with prompt impact.
“As the skipper and mindful individual for the country, I maintain whatever authority is needed to be important for the determination of the group.
“The choice council and ACB (Afghanistan Cricket Board) has not gotten my assent for the group which has been reported by ACB media. I’m bringing the choice of venturing down from the job as chief of Afghanistan T20 side taking effect right now.
“It’s forever my pride playing for Afghanistan.” Rashid Khan said in an assertion via web-based media.
Rashid Khan was named Afghanistan’s T20I captain in July this year, with Najibullah Zadran named as his agent. Strikingly, Rashid had unequivocally communicated his reluctance to take up the job as he felt the weight of captaincy would influence his game.
“I’m a lot of clear to me that I am in an ideal situation as a player. I’m acceptable in the job as bad habit commander and help the chief any place I am required. It’s better for me that I avoid this position. I’m apprehensive it may influence my presentation for the group which is a key so I am exceptionally cheerful as a player and whatever the choice board and choice council make I am completely behind it and will see the value in it,” Rashid had said while addressing ESPNcricinfo last month.
Rashid Khan’s venturing down from the post comes when Afghanistan cricket is destroyed attributable to the Taliban takeover in the country, with a possible danger of derecognition by ICC approaching over the ACB attributable to the questionable fate of the Afghanistan ladies group.
Afghanistan, who are set to venture out to Australia to play an oddball Test, gotten a significant mishap before on September 9, when Cricket Australia expressed that they would be compelled to drop the issue if the media reports in regards to Afghanistan’s ladies group’s future are valid.
Rashid Khant of ladies’ cricket all around the world is unimaginably critical to Cricket Australia. Our vision for cricket is that it is a game for all and we support the game unequivocally for ladies at each level,” Cricket Australia said in its authority proclamation.
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“On the off chance that new media reports that ladies’ cricket won’t be upheld in Afghanistan are validated, Cricket Australia would have no other option except for to not have Afghanistan for the proposed Test Match due to be played in Hobart.
