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Afghanistan National Cricket Team

Afghanistan National Cricket Team

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