Zahir Khan

Rahmat Shah and Hazratullah Zazai left out, with Nijat Masood and Zahir Khan named as reserves

Afghanistan make as many as seven changes from last year's T20 World Cup squad

Three players from Afghanistan - Najibullah Zadran, Zahir Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqi - as well as Samit Patel have been snapped up too

The pair nominate for the BBL overseas draft alongside Theekshana, the Overton brothers and some familiar names in Lamichhane, Nabi and Mujeeb

Renegades are building momentum to be right in the mix for a playoff berth

A look at the highlights from the first 10 days of BBL 2021-22

The duo headlined a five-wicket victory over Melbourne Renegades after Heat crossed the border from NSW at 2am on match day

The Renegades had bowled well to keep Strikers to 149, but their batting fell away as they lost by 49 runs

Good hands with the bat from Nielsen and Short kept the Strikers in the hunt before they were pipped to the post

Quetta have picked Zahir Khan to fill in for Ben Cutting, while Islamabad have chosen not to replace the unavailable Janneman Malan

Left-arm wristspinner's stint could be affected by Afghanistan's ODIs against Ireland in January

The Tallawahs' middle-order collapsed despite an opening stand of 84 in pursuit of 146

The ACB wants its players to return for the Shpageeza League, which starts three days before the IPL

Entire tournament to be played in Trinidad with hosts Trinbago Knight Riders looking for fourth title

Ashton Agar and Fawad Ahmed shared five wickets after Cameron Bancroft scored a hard-working fifty

Mujeeb had the best economy rate in last year's BBL where the Heat narrowly missed out on the knockouts

The New Zealander, who admits to not always being able to pick the turn off the left-arm wristspinner's hands, has brought in an innovative tactic and executed it to good effect

Ibrahim Zadran and Qais Ahmad the new names in the long-format squad, while the T20I set-up also includes some fresh faces

After passing a fitness test, the left-arm wristspinner Zahir was one of two bowlers added to Afghanistan's Test squad