ICC T20 world ranking: 10th
T20 World Cup appearances: Six
Best T20 World Cup performance: Round two (2016, 2021 & 2022)
Captain: Rashid Khan
Head coach: Jonathan Trott
Form (most recent last): LWLWW
Group fixtures (all times BST): Uganda (4 June, 01:30), New Zealand (8 June, 00:30), Papua New Guinea (14 June, 01:30) & West Indies (18 June, 01:30)
Batter to watch: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Dynamic opening batter Gurbaz has been plying his trade in various franchise leagues across the globe, including the Indian Premier League (IPL), Major League Cricket (MLC) and ILT20.
In the powerplay he will look to take on seam bowlers down the ground and pounce on any bowlers who overpitch.
Since the end of the last World Cup, Gurbaz has more than double the number of runs than any other Afghanistan batter (1,504) and achieved this at a strike-rate of 143.
Bowler to watch: Rashid Khan
Widely regarded as the best T20 bowler operating today, Rashid’s skills are in high demand across T20 franchise leagues globally.
His brand of fast and direct mystery spin has been puzzling batters over his nine-year international career.
Across this World Cup cycle, his wickets have come at an average of just below 20 and at a miserly economy rate under seven.
No bowler has taken more T20 wickets this decade than him either.
