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The Afghanistan Cricket Board has removed Asghar Afghan as captain of the national team, blaming him for the side's loss to Zimbabwe in a test match in Abu Dhabi in March.

The ACB said in a statement on Monday that “some of Afghan’s decisions as captain of the team resulted in Afghanistan’s loss to Zimbabwe in the first test of the series.”

The ACB did not mention any specific decisions made by Afghan during the match, but said the decision to remove him from captaincy was based on an "investigation completed by the ACB's investigative committee."

Zimbabwe thumped Afghanistan by 10 wickets inside two days in the first Test before Afghanistan leveled the series by winning the second Test by six wickets.

Left-handed batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi was appointed as new test and ODI captain while Rahmat Shah will be Shahid’s deputy in both formats.