HBL PSL 7: Afghanistan players likely to skip Lahore-leg

The Afghanistan cricket team will arrive in Bangladesh later this month to play three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said as the visitors seek to bolster their 2023 World Cup qualifying bid.

The Bangladesh-Afghanistan ODIs are part of the competition and will take place at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on February 23, 25 and 28, the BCB said late Thursday.

Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka will host the two T20 matches on March 3 and 5.

Four Afghanistan players are currently part of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season seven. Franchises may lose the services of Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Mohammad Nabi (Karachi Kings), Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Islamabad United).

The second leg of HBL PSL 7 is starting from February 10 while Afghanistan will hold a seven-day training camp in the northeastern city of Sylhet before the start of the ODI series.

The participation of these players is highly uncertain in the later stages of HBL PSL 7 now.