Lahore: Afghanistan Cricket Team have arrived in Lahore to play its maiden the ICC champions trophy which is going to start from February 19th.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials welcomed the neighboring team at the Lahore hotel.
All the players of the team were presented a bouquet of flower.
Led by Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan cricket team will play its first match of the CT25 against South Africa at National Cricket stadium, Karachi on February 21.
The team will also play the other two matches against England and Australia at Lahore’s Gaddafi stadium.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan team also swapped injured spinner AM Ghazanfar with left-arm spinner Nangyal Kharoti to finalize its squad for the CT 25.
Afghanistan squad:
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran. Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Bilal Sami
