In major decision taken by Afghanistan Cricket Board, the spin wizard Rashid Khan has been appointed as new captain of the Afghanistan Cricket team for all three formats. Former captain Asghar Afghan has been appointed as vice-captain.
In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Afghanistan had disastrous campaign with team suffering defeats in its all the matches played.
Earlier before the start of the tournament Gulbadin Naib had replaced Asghar Afghan as captain that was openly criticised by senior players including Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi.