Overview

• The Afghanistan Cricket Board said Naveen-ul-Haq was not cleared by its medical team and will miss the rest of the tournament.
• The pacer will continue intensive treatment and rehabilitation until he is fully fit, according to the ACB.
• Reserve seamer Abdullah Ahmadzai, 22, has been promoted to the main squad after a recent debut against the UAE where he took 1 for 31.
• Afghanistan began with a 94-run win over Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi and now face Bangladesh on September 16 in Dubai with a reshaped pace unit.
• Naveen has 67 wickets in 48 T20Is and had already missed the Sharjah tri-series and Afghanistan’s Asia Cup opener.