Mohammad Nabi steps down from captaincy after Afghanistan’s winless marketing campaign on the T20 World Cup 2022

Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi has introduced to step down because the captain of the nationwide staff following their four-run loss in opposition to Australia in Adelaide on the ongoing ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2022 on Friday.

Notably, Afghanistan had a horrible marketing campaign on this 12 months’s version of the multi-team occasion as they remained winless (misplaced 3 and a pair of wash-outs) within the competitors. Nabi made the announcement by his official Twitter deal with and likewise expressed displeasure with the choice committee for ‘not being on the identical web page.’

“Our T20 World Cup journey got here to an finish with a end result that not us nor our supporters had been anticipating. We’re as annoyed as you’re with the end result of matches. From the final one 12 months, our staff preparation was to not a stage {that a} captain would need it or wanted for a giant match. Furthermore, in among the final excursions, the staff administration, choice committee, and I weren’t on the identical web page, which had implications on the staff stability,” Nabi wrote in a press release on Twitter.

The 37-year-old all-rounder took over as captain earlier than the 2021 T20 World Cup after Rashid Khan‘s resignation. Nabi had beforehand been named the chief of the aspect in 2010 when he changed Nawroz Mangal. Nabi’s newest tenure featured 23 accomplished video games, with 10 wins and 13 defeats.

On this World Cup, Afghanistan began their journey with a loss in opposition to England at Perth however fought again brilliantly of their final two matches in opposition to Sri Lanka and Australia, respectively. Sadly, their video games in opposition to Eire and New Zealand had been each washed out as a result of frequent rains in Melbourne.

“Subsequently, with due respect, successfully instantly, I announce to STEP DOWN as a CAPTAIN & will proceed to play for my nation when the administration & staff want me. I thank each single one among you from the underside of my coronary heart who got here to the grounds regardless of matches being affected by the rain and those that supporters us worldwide, your love actually means quite a bit to us. Lengthy dwell Afghanistan,” Nabi added.