Afghanistan's Trump Card - Rahmanullah Gurbaz

The rising power of world cricket at present is Afghanistan. A good crop of talented young players makes it a very dangerous team potentially.

While they have the presence of some great spinners in their squad, the X-factor for them in this year’s Asia Cup might turn out to be Rahamanullah Gurbaz, the wicketkeeper and opening batter of the team.

Gurbaz, the explosive opener

Afghanistan, in T20 cricket, are more looked at as a spin-dominant unit, but the emergence of batters like Gurbaz is helping them on-road to be a strong all-round T20 line-up. 

Afghanistan's hope for brisk starts

Gurbaaz will have the responsibility of giving his team a powerful start. His records in the powerplay will give us an idea of how competent he could be in the role. 

The records are decent enough. But the team will hope that he gives them a strong start more consistently than he has done so far. The Asia Cup will definitely be the stage where if Gurbaz performs, it could turn out to be the breakthrough innings for him. 

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