Afghanistan have named a strong squad for their one off test match against Ireland starting from 28th February. Limited over superstar Rahmanullah Gurbaz is named in the squad, while Afghanistan star Rashid Khan is still recovering from his lower back surgery so he isn't the part of the squad.

Afghanistans will be hoping to have a strong practice before the Bangladesh tour. 

"We have quite a good playing history with Ireland, both countries have played plenty of cricket against each other and have been granted ICC Full Membership at the same time," Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Naseeb Khan said.

"This will be our second test against them and we are eagerly looking forward to what will be an exciting test match between the two team.”

Afghanistan Test squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Ikram Alikhail (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Abdul Malik, Baheer Shah, Nasir Jamal, Karim Janat, Khalil Gurbaz, Zahir Khan, Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, Nijat Masoud, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai and Naveed Zadran.

Afghanistan have played 8 test matches till date and won 3 of them. Afghanistan are also scheduled to play two match test series against Bangladesh and a one off home test series against New Zealand in 2024.