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Off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who has not played since June because of injury, has made a sensational return to international cricket and was part of the Afghanistan side that arrived in the capital on Thursday night.
The 23-year-old is part of the Afghanistan side for their white-ball series against Zimbabwe this month.
Mujeeb was sidelined by a right phalanx (hand) sprain, and only returned to competitive cricket for the first time in five months at the Abu Dhabi T10 on November 21.
Top-order batter Zubaid Akbari earned his maiden call-up to Afghanistan’s T20I squad for the Zimbabwe tour, while another top-order batter Darwish Rasooli also returned to the shortest format.
Afghanistan will continue to miss the services of top-order batter Ibrahim Zadran, who is still recovering from the ankle surgery he had recently undergone in England. Akbari is coming off an impressive Emerging Teams Asia Cup T20 tournament where he was the fourth-highest run-getter and the second-highest for Afghanistan A with 137 runs in four matches at a strike rate of 131.73. – Cricinfo/Zimpapers Sports Hub.
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