Afghanistan Cricket Team 2024

The Afghanistan National Cricket Team represents Afghanistan in men's international cricket. The Afghanistan Cricket team is administered by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). Afghanistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and plays all three formats.

Afghanistan National Cricket Team Bio

Full Name

Afghanistan National Cricket Team

Nickname

Founded

2001

Team Owner

Afghanistan Cricket Board

President

Dr. Ahmad Khalid Hatam

Head Coach

Jonathan Trott

Captain (s)

Hashmatullah Shahidi (ODI & Test), Rashid Khan (T20), 

Website & Social Media

Facebook: Afghanistan Cricket

Instagram: Afghanistan Cricket

Twitter: Afghanistan Cricket

Website: https://cricket.af/

Email Address

chairman@afghancricket.af

Full Address

National Youth Cricket Stadium Kabul Nandari, Kabul, Afghanistan, Mob: +93 788133144

Net Worth (2023-24)

$7.15 Million (₹59,60,82,272)

Sponsors

Etisalat, Super Cola, TYKA Sports, Amul

Afghanistan National Cricket Team History:

  • The game of cricket was made popular in Afghanistan by the Afghan expatriates in Pakistan during the post-Soviet invasion era.
  • Most of the early national team members grew up in Pakistan and participated in domestic cricket with PCB support. The Afghanistan Cricket Federation (now ACB) was founded in 1995. Taliban initially banned cricket but made an exception in 2000, and the ACF received ICC recognition in 2001
  • The Afghanistan National Cricket Team entered Pakistan's domestic setup in the 2001-02 season, participating in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Cornelius Trophy. They started playing in Asian regional tournaments in 2004, finishing sixth in their first ACC Trophy.
  • The Afghanistan Cricket Team entered the World Cricket League, winning Division Five and Division Four in 2008. While they failed to qualify for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, they earned ODI status for four years. They played their first ODI against Scotland in 2011 and won the game by 89 runs.
  • Afghanistan won the ACC T20 Cup in 2010 and qualified for the 2010 ICC T20 World Cup.
  • Qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup by securing second place in the ICC World Cricket League Championship.
  • On 22 June 2017, the ICC awarded Afghanistan full Test status, along with Ireland. In 2018, Afghanistan played its first Test against India.

Afghanistan National Cricket Team ODI Squad

PLAYER NAME

ROLE

STYLE

JERSEY NUMBER

Azmatullah Omarzai

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

77

Fareed Ahmad

Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Left arm Fast medium

14

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Left arm Fast medium

5

Ikram Alikhil

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Left-hand bat

46

Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain)

Batter

Batting: Left-hand Bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

50

Ibrahim Zadran

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

17

Mohammad Nabi

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

7

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

88

Najibullah Zadran

Batter

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

1

Riaz Hassan

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat


76

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: –

21

Rahmat Shah

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak Googly

8

Rashid Khan

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak Googly

19

Gulbadin Naib

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand Bat

Bowling: Right arm Fast medium

24

Abdul Rahman

Bowler

Batting: Right hand Bat

Bowling: Right arm Fast medium

11

Noor Ahmad

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand Bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

15

Nangyal Kharoti

Allrounder

Batting: Left-hand Bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

Qais Ahmad

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Legbreak

32

Naveed Zadran

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium

Bilal Sami

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium

Allah Ghazanfar

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Afghanistan National Cricket Team Test Squad

Player Name

Role

Batting/Bowling

Jersey No

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Batter

Batting: Left hand bat

Bowling: Slow left arm orthodox

50

Ibrahim Zadran

Batter

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

17

Nasir Jamal

Batter

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Offbreak, Legbreak Googly

Rahmat Shah

Batter

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak

8

Bahir Shah

Batter

Batting: Right-handed

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Karim Janat

Allrounder

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium fast

11

Abdul Malik

Allrounder

Batting: Right-handed

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Nijat Masood

Allrounder

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium fast

12

Ikram Alikhil

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Left Hand bat

15

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right hand bat 

21

Khalil Gurbaz

Allrounder

Batting: Right-handed

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Rashid Khan 

Bowler

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak

19

Zahir Khan 

Bowler

Batting: Left hand bat

Bowling: Slow left arm orthodox

Zia-ur-Rahman

Bowler

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Slow left arm orthodox

18

Mohammad Ibrahim

Bowler

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

Naveed Zadran

Bowler

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

Yamin Ahmadzai 

Bowler 

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

99

Qais Ahmad

Bowler

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak

32

Mohammed Saleem

Bowler

Batting: Right hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

24

Mohammed Ishaq

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right hand bat

Afghanistan National Cricket Team T20 Squad

PLAYER NAME

ROLE

STYLE

JERSEY NUMBER

Afsar Zazai

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right-hand bat

40

Azmatullah Omarzai

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

9

Darwish Rasooli

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Fareed Ahmad

Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Left arm Fast medium

56

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Left arm Fast medium

5

Gulbadin Naib

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

14

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Batter

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

50

Hazratullah Zazai

Batter

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

3

Ibrahim Zadran

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

17

Rahmat Shah

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak Googly

8

Karim Janat

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium

11

Mohammad Nabi

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

7

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

88

Najibullah Zadran

Batter

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm off-break

1

Naveen-ul-Haq

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

78

Nangyal Kharoti

Allrounder

Batting: Left-hand Bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

Noor Ahmad

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Left arm Wrist spin

15

Qais Ahmad

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak

32

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right-hand bat

21

Rashid Khan (Captain)

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak Googly

19

Samiullah Shinwari

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak

45

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

17

Usman Ghani

Batter

Batting: Right-hand bat

87

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium

Mohammad Ibrahim

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium fast

Mohammad Shahzad

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right-hand bat

77

Mohammad Saleem

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm fast

24

Sediqullah Atal

Batter

Batting: Left-hand bat

26

Shahidullah

Allrounder

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

25

Zahir Khan

Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

Zubaid Akbari

Allrounder

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

59

Wafadar Momand

Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right arm Medium

99

Wafiullah Tarakhil

Allrounder

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox

Mohammed Ishaq

Wicketkeeper

Batting: Right-hand bat

Afghanistan National Cricket Team ICC World Cup record:

Afghanistan qualified for the first ICC ODI World Cup in 2015 and made it to the next two editions as well. In 2015, they managed just 1 win from 6 games whereas they lost all of their nine league games in 2019. In 2013, they won four games as they beat the likes of England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Afghanistan National Cricket Team Records In ICC Event

Format

Matches Played

Wins

Losses

Ties

No Results

Best Result

Test

9

3

6

0

0

12th

ODI

166

79

82

1

4

6th place

T20I

130

79

48

2

1

Super 10

Major Cricket Stadium of Afghanistan

Stadium Name

Location

Capacity

Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium

Ghazi Amanullah Town, Jalalabad

14,000

Kandahar International Cricket Stadium

Kandahar

9,000

Khost Cricket Stadium

Khost

8,000

Helmand Cricket Stadium

Lashkar Gah

8,000

Sherzai Cricket Stadium

Jalalabad

8,000

Most Runs Of Afghanistan Cricket 

Player

Runs

Matches

Innings

Average

100

Rahmat Shah

3,724

109

105

36.87

5

Mohammad Nabi

3,359

159

140

26.87

2

Mohammad Shahzad

2,727

84

84

33.66

6

Asghar Afghan

2,424

114

108

24.73

1

Hashmatullah Shahidi 

2,106

76

76

32.9

0

Most Wickets Of Afghanistan Cricket 

Player

Wickets

Matches

Innings

Average

SR

Rashid Khan

183

103

98

20.48

28.96

Mohammad Nabi 

164

159

154

32.66

45.67

Dawlat Zadran

115

82

80

29.76

32.77

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

101

75

74

28.34

39.28

Gulbadin Naib

72

81

75

35.56

38.54

LIVE / Only Test / Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground

Stumps : Day 3

SCHEDULED / 3rd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

SCHEDULED / 2nd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

SCHEDULED / 1st ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

COMPLETED / 1st Semi-Final / Brian Lara Stadium

56/10 (11.5 ov)

South Africa won by 9 wickets

COMPLETED / 52 Match, Super 8 Group 1 / Arnos Vale Ground

105/10 (17.5 ov)

Afghanistan won by 8 runs (DLS method)

COMPLETED / 48 Match, Super 8 Group 1 / Arnos Vale Ground

127/10 (19.2 ov)

Afghanistan won by 21 runs.

COMPLETED / 43 Match, Super 8 Group 1 / Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

181/8 (20 ov)

India won by 47 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 40 / Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia

114/10 (16.2 ov)

West Indies won by 104 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 29 / Brian Lara Stadium

95/10 (19.5 ov)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / Warm-up Match / Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

123/9 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 55 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 14 / Providence Stadium

159/6 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 84 runs.

COMPLETED / Warm-up Match / Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

154/3 (20 ov)

Match Abandoned due to rain

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

98/10 (17.2 ov)

Afghanistan won by 57 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

209/5 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 3 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

142/8 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 10 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

115/10 (17 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 72 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 5 / Providence Stadium

58/10 (16 ov)

Afghanistan won by 125 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

149/6 (20 ov)

Ireland won by 38 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

119/10 (35 ov)

Afghanistan won by 117 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

266/10 (48.2 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

170/3 (33.0 ov)

South Africa won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Match abandoned

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

153/10 (33.5 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 155 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

134/10 (34.2 ov)

Afghanistan won by 177 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

275/8 (50 ov)

Afghanistan won by 35 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

339/6 (50 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 42 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

106/10 (33.3 ov)

Afghanistan won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st Test / Tolerance Oval

263/10 (83.4 ov)

Ireland won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

156/9 (20 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 4 runs.

More Matches view

Afghanistan Squad

Mohammad Nabi
all

Mohammad Nabi

All Rounder

all

Gulbadin Naib

All Rounder

wk

Ikram Alikhil

Wicket-Keeper

bat

Rahmat Shah

Batter

bowl

Qais Ahmad

Bowler

bowl

Fareed Malik

Bowler

Azmatullah Omarzai
all

Azmatullah Omarzai

All Rounder

Rahmanullah Gurbaz
wk

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Wicket-Keeper

wkbat

Shafiqullah

wkbat

Noor Ahmad
bowl

Noor Ahmad

Bowler

bowl

Naveed Zadran

Bowler

Mohammad Nabi
all

Mohammad Nabi

All Rounder

all

Gulbadin Naib

All Rounder

all

Karim Janat

All Rounder

C
Rashid Khan
bowl

Rashid Khan

Bowler

Naveen ul Haq
bowl

Naveen ul Haq

Bowler

bowl

Fareed Malik

Bowler

Azmatullah Omarzai
all

Azmatullah Omarzai

All Rounder

Rahmanullah Gurbaz
wk

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Wicket-Keeper

all

Nangeyalia kharote

All Rounder

Noor Ahmad
bowl

Noor Ahmad

Bowler

wk

Mohammad Ishaq

Wicket-Keeper

bowl

Saleem Safi

Bowler

wk

Afsar Zazai

Wicket-Keeper

wk

Ikram Alikhil

Wicket-Keeper

bowl

Shamsurrahman Khail

Bowler

all

Zia ur Rehman Akbar

All Rounder

bowl

Zahir Khan

Bowler

bowl

Nijat Masood

Bowler

bat

Rahmat Shah

Batter

bowl

Qais Ahmad

Bowler

Azmatullah Omarzai
all

Azmatullah Omarzai

All Rounder

bat

Bahir Shah

Batter

bat

Riaz Hassan

Batter

bat

Shahidullah Kamal

Batter

bat

Abdul Malik

Batter

bowl

Khalil Ahmad

Bowler

FAQs

Rashid Khan captains the Afghanistan team in the T20 format.

Afghanistan team is an emerging team of the T20 format and struggling to become a cup-contender team of the sport, winning 79 out of its 130 total T20I matches.

With the kind of players it has in its arsenal, from young guns to seasoned veterans, Afghanistan will look forward to pose serious competitions to other teams in the tournament.
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