Stanikzai is now Asghar Afghan
Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai has changed his name to Asghar Afghan in 'honour of protecting the national identity of Afghan citizens'.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed the name change on their Twitter account on Thursday after the batsman had registered for the new Electronic National Identity Card.
Stanikzai has been an instrumental figure for the national team, scoring more than 2,000 international runs since making his debut in 2009.
Asghar has played one Test, 86 ODIs and 54 T20Is for Afghanistan.
Their Test debut against India in April did not have a conspicuous outcome as they lost the match inside two days against the top-ranked Test side. However, Stanikzai has presided over a much more successful team in the shorter formats, the most recent being a 3-0 whitewash of Bangladesh.
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