Afghanistan Cricket Board has finalized squads for the five regional teams featuring in the Ahmad Shah Abdali First Class Tournament that will kick off on October 8 in Khost and Nangarhar provinces.
Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ihsanullah Janat, Baheer Shah, Muneer Kakar and Abdul Malik will lead the Band-e-Amir, Mis-e-Ainak, Speenghar, Bost and Amo regional teams in the one-month tournament.
The teams
Band-e-Amir Region: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Ikram Alikhil (VC), Suliman Safi, Zubair Ahmadi, Asif Musazai, Zahid Salimi, Izat Noor, Islam Zazai, Karim Janat, Farmanullah Safi, Shams Ur Rahman, Izharulhaq Naweed, Amir Hamza, Nijat Masoud and Hamid Hassan.
Reserves: Nasir Totakhil, Kamran Hotak, Alam Zaib, Mohammadullah Hamkar and Khalil Ahmad
Mis-e-Ainak Region: Ihsanullah Janat (C), Shahidullah Kamal (VC), Rahman Zurmati (WK), Naveed Obaid, Rahim Mangal, Ashgar Atal, Rahmanullah Zadran, Ghamai Zadran, Naseer Ahmad, Khalil Gurbaz, Abidullah Taniwal, Zia ur Rahman Akbar, Zahir Khan, Yousuf Zazai and Zia Sharifi.
Reserves: Yousuf Shah, Imran Mir, Ismat Habibi, Mohibullah Zurmati, Faisal Khan
Speenghar Region: Baheer Shah (C), Allah Noor (VC), Ishaq Mohammadi (WK), Tamim Surkhrodi, Zubaid Akbari, Dil Agha, Shabir Noori, Samiullah Shinwari, Abid Mohammadi, Akbar Musazai, Tahir Adil, Fitratullah Khawri, Aftab Alam, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai and Farhad Momand.
Reserves: Shawkat Zaman, Arif Khan, Abdul Majeed Alam, Jameel Shinwari and Ismat Alam
Bost Region: Muneer Ahmad Kakar (C), Yamin Ahmadzai (VC), Noor Ali Zadran, Nasir Omar, Noman Shah, Nasir Jamal, Sediq Pacha, Ali Ahmad, Javed Sulimankhil, Bilal Ahmad Tarin, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Abdul Baqi, Naveed Zabuli, Sayed Shirzad and Dastagir Khan.
Reserves: Ahmad Zahir, Waqarullah Ishaq, Abdullah Tarakhil, Farhad Usman, Nazifullah
Amo Region: Abdul Malik (C), Abdul Hadi (VC), Sediq Atal, Zafar Khan Alozai, Mohammad Shahzad, Hayatullah Nasari, Ijaz Ahmad Mehri, Khalid Zahidi, Ibrahim Safi, Jamshid Khan, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Zohaib Zamankhil, Abdulrahman Rahmani, Wafadar Momand and Bilal Sami.