While Gulbadin Naib came into the team as a like-for-like replacement for seam-bowling allrounder Karim Janat, batters Zubaid Akbari and Darwish Rasooli replaced Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Ishaq.

Top-order batter Zubaid Akbari earned his maiden call-up to Afghanistan's T20I squad for the Zimbabwe tour, while another top-order batter Darwish Rasooli also returned to the shortest format.

Talented young top order batter Zubaid Akbari has been picked in the national squad for the first time, making the cut for the T20I series. Akbari has been in fine form in domestic cricket and ...