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Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai to miss start of ICC World Cup qualifiers
Asghar Stanikzai was ruled out of the start of 2019 ICC World Cup qualifying tournament.
Updated : Feb 27, 2018, 12:44 PM IST
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Afghanistan cricket team suffered a blow ahead of their 2019 ICC World Cup qualifying campaign on Monday when captain Asghar Stanikzai was ruled out of the start of the tournament.
Stanikzai will miss the start of the World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe in March after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix, the International Cricket Council announced.
The surgery is likely to see him out of action for up to 10 days. The news will come as a blow to Afghanistan as they bid to reach the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.
The 30-year-old middle-order batsman has scored 1,565 runs at an average of 21.14 in 83 ODIs.
Stanikzai will miss the warm-up games this week as well as the tournament opener against Scotland on March 4 although officials expect him to be fit to face hosts Zimbabwe two days later.
Afghanistan are in Group B of the qualifying tournament which is being staged in Zimbabwe and will face the home country, Nepal, Hong Kong and Scotland in the first round.
Afghanistan face West Indies and the Netherlands in warm-up matches on 27 February and 1 March respectively before their first CWCQ Group B clash against Scotland on 4 March, but it appears the match against Zimbabwe on 6 March could present a more realistic comeback opportunity.
The top three teams from the two groups will qualify for the second stage with the best two countries at the end of the event booking their places at the 2019 World Cup being held in England and Wales.
