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Afghanistan Playing XI: Predicted Lineup and Batting Order

Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, Tomorrow, 06:00: the last XI stands until the toss confirms one

Updated , after the Zimbabwe game

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1 Abdul Malik Afghanistan Abdul Malik All-rounder, batted 1 24 58 balls 2 Sediqullah Atal Afghanistan Sediqullah Atal Batter, batted 2 59 107 balls 3 Rahmanullah Gurbaz Afghanistan Rahmanullah Gurbaz Keeper, batted 3 36 64 balls 4 Rahmat Shah Afghanistan Rahmat Shah All-rounder, batted 4 73 151 balls 5 Hashmatullah Shahidi Afghanistan Hashmatullah Shahidi Batter, batted 5 25 58 balls 6 Afsar Zazai Afghanistan Afsar Zazai Keeper, batted 6 11 45 balls 7 Azmatullah Omarzai Afghanistan Azmatullah Omarzai All-rounder, batted 7 4 15 balls 8 Sharafuddin Ashraf Afghanistan Sharafuddin Ashraf All-rounder, batted 8 11 32 balls 9 N Afghanistan Nangeyalia Kharote All-rounder, batted 9 10 23 balls 10 Mohammad Saleem Afghanistan Mohammad Saleem Bowler, batted 10 0 4 balls 11 Ziaur Rahman Sharifi Afghanistan Ziaur Rahman Sharifi Batter, batted 11 6 14 balls
Last Test: India won by an innings and 300 runs, 6 Jun 2026. The scorecard →

Afghanistan Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 7 Tests, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Ibrahim Zadran 4 72.3 45.3 A. Malik (2), S. Atal (1)
2Abdul Malik 3 25.7 57.5 N. Ali Zadran (1), S. Atal (1)
3Rahmat Shah 5 135.6 52.2 R. Gurbaz (2)
4Hashmatullah Shahidi 6 61.5 49.6 R. Shah (1)
5Afsar Zazai 2 67.0 64.4 N. Jamal (2), A. Afghan (1)
6Afsar Zazai 3 24.0 52.9 S. Kamal (2), I. Alikhil (1)
7Ismat Alam 2 62.5 55.6 A. Omarzai (2), A. Zazai (1)
8Rashid Khan 2 61.5 94.6 S. Ashraf (2), Z. ur Rehman (2)
9Yamin Ahmadzai 2 24.0 47.1 Q. Ahmad (1), Z. ur Rehman (1)
10Yamin Ahmadzai 2 15.0 36.6 N. Zadran (2), K. Gurbaz (1)
11Zahir Khan 3 2.0 23.5 Z. Rahman Sharifi (2), F. Ahmad (1)
Inns is how often each batted there. A player who did not bat is left out.

Afghanistan Selections

Every player Afghanistan picked in the last 7 Tests, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Hashmatullah Shahidi 7/7 4 XI
Rahmat Shah 6/7 3 XI
Afsar Zazai 6/7 6 XI
Abdul Malik 5/7 2 XI
Ibrahim Zadran 4/7 1 -
Yamin Ahmadzai 4/7 9 -
Zia ur Rehman 3/7 8 -
Zahir Khan 3/7 11 -
Sediqullah Atal 2/7 2 XI
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 2/7 3 XI
Bahir Shah 2/7 5 -
Nasir Jamal 2/7 5 -
Shahidullah Kamal 2/7 6 -
Azmatullah Omarzai 2/7 7 XI
Ismat Alam 2/7 7 -
Qais Ahmad 2/7 7 -
Sharafuddin Ashraf 2/7 8 XI
Rashid Khan 2/7 8 -
Nijat Masood 2/7 9 -
Mohammad Saleem 2/7 10 XI
Naveed Zadran 2/7 10 -
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi 2/7 11 XI
Riaz Hassan 1/7 2 -
Noor Ali Zadran 1/7 2 -
Ihsanullah Janat 1/7 2 -
Asghar Afghan 1/7 5 -
Ikram Alikhil 1/7 6 -
Mohammad Nabi 1/7 6 -
Karim Janat 1/7 7 -
Amir Hamza 1/7 8 -
Nangeyalia Kharote 1/7 9 XI
AM Ghazanfar 1/7 9 -
Khalil Gurbaz 1/7 10 -
Fareed Ahmad 1/7 11 -

Afghanistan Test Lineups Questions

What is Afghanistan's predicted XI against Zimbabwe?

Until the toss, Afghanistan's last XI stands as the predicted one, from 6 Jun 2026 against India: Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangeyalia Kharote, Mohammad Saleem, Ziaur Rahman Sharifi.

Who opens the batting for Afghanistan?

Over the last 7 Tests, Ibrahim Zadran batted at one 4 times and Abdul Malik at two 3 times.

Who bats at three for Afghanistan?

Rahmat Shah, 5 times in the last 7 Tests, then Rahmanullah Gurbaz (2).

Who has played every Test for Afghanistan recently?

Hashmatullah Shahidi played all of Afghanistan's last 7 Tests.