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Afghanistan have named their squads for the forthcoming One-Day International and Twenty-20 International series against Bangladesh.

Hashmatullah Shahidi will captain the side in the One-Day Internationals, which begin on February 23rd, while Mohammad Nabi will skipper the side in the Twenty-20 Internationals. The ODIs will be part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League, while the T20Is will be part of the ICC T20I Rankings.

There are five changes to the T20I lineup from the T20 World Cup last year with Darwish Rasooli, Azmarullah Omarzai, Afsar Zazai, Qais Ahmad and Nijat Masoud replacing Asghar Afghan (retired), Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Shahzad, Hashmatullah, Hamid Hassan and Naveen ul Haq in the 16-member side.

There are a few changes to the ODI side as well. "From the 18 players who were part of the recently-concluded ODI series against the Netherlands, Usman Ghani has been left out, while top-order batter Ibrahim Zadran and the senior all-rounder Mohammad Nabi have been added to the 16-man squad, while Salim Safi and Qais Ahmad have been named as traveling reserves," the ACB said in its website.

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Following a five-hour delay from their original arrival time in Qatar, the visitors arrived in Dhaka about 10 p.m. on Saturday. The Afghanistan squad will train for seven days in Sylhet before departing for Chattogram for the ODI series, which will go until February 28.

After that, both Bangladesh and Afghanistan will fly to Dhaka for the T20I series, which will be held at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The first game will take place on March 3, followed by the second and final T20I on March 5.

Rashid Khan and Nabi, who are presently playing in the Pakistan Super League, will join the squad ahead of the ODI series.