Left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi and allrounders Gulbadin Naib and Karim Janat have been left out of Afghanistan 's squads for the upcoming white-ball series against Bangladesh in the UAE.

Bashir Ahmad , the tall left-arm seamer, has made both the white-ball squads as a like-for-like replacement for Farooqi. Bashir, 20, is uncapped in international cricket and has 14 T20s so far, taking 12 wickets at an economy rate of 9.06. Top-order batter Wafiullah Tarakhil is the other new face - the 18-year-old has been picked only for the T20Is.

In the recent Shpageeza Cricket League, Tarakhil emerged as the third-highest scorer , with 298 runs in nine innings at an average of 37.25 and strike rate of 155.20.

Seamer Abdullah Ahmadzai, meanwhile returned to the main T20I side. Both A

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