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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

COMPLETED / 1st Semi-Final / Brian Lara Stadium

South Africa

60/1 (8.5 ov)

Afghanistan

56/10 (11.5 ov)

South Africa won by 9 wickets

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

Afghanistan

115/5 (20 ov)

Bangladesh

105/10 (17.5 ov)

Afghanistan won by 8 runs (DLS method)

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

Afghanistan

148/6 (20 ov)

Australia

127/10 (19.2 ov)

Afghanistan won by 21 runs.

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

Afghanistan

134/10 (20 ov)

India

181/8 (20 ov)

India won by 47 runs.

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

West Indies

218/5 (20 ov)

Afghanistan

114/10 (16.2 ov)

West Indies won by 104 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 29 / Brian Lara Stadium

Afghanistan

101/3 (15.1 ov)

Papua New Guinea

95/10 (19.5 ov)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets

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

Afghanistan

178/8 (20 ov)

Scotland

123/9 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 55 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 14 / Providence Stadium

New Zealand

75/10 (15.2 ov)

Afghanistan

159/6 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 84 runs.

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

Afghanistan

Oman

154/3 (20 ov)

Match Abandoned due to rain

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

155/7 (20 ov)

Ireland

98/10 (17.2 ov)

Afghanistan won by 57 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Sri Lanka

206/6 (20 ov)

Afghanistan

209/5 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 3 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

152/9 (20 ov)

Ireland

142/8 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 10 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Sri Lanka

187/6 (20 ov)

Afghanistan

115/10 (17 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 72 runs.

COMPLETED / Match 5 / Providence Stadium

Afghanistan

183/5 (20 ov)

Uganda

58/10 (16 ov)

Afghanistan won by 125 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

111/10 (18.4 ov)

Ireland

149/6 (20 ov)

Ireland won by 38 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

236/9 (50 ov)

Ireland

119/10 (35 ov)

Afghanistan won by 117 runs.

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sri Lanka

267/3 (35.2 ov)

Afghanistan

266/10 (48.2 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

246/5 (48.2 ov)

Bangladesh

244/8 (50 ov)

Afghanistan won by 5 wickets

COMPLETED / 3rd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

169/10 (34 ov)

South Africa

170/3 (33.0 ov)

South Africa won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

Ireland

Match abandoned

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sri Lanka

308/6 (50 ov)

Afghanistan

153/10 (33.5 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 155 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

184/10 (43.3 ov)

Bangladesh

252/7 (50 ov)

Bangladesh won by 68 runs.

COMPLETED / 2nd ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

311/4 (50 ov)

South Africa

134/10 (34.2 ov)

Afghanistan won by 177 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

310/5 (50 ov)

Ireland

275/8 (50 ov)

Afghanistan won by 35 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sri Lanka

381/3 (50 ov)

Afghanistan

339/6 (50 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 42 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

235/10 (49.4 ov)

Bangladesh

143/10 (34.3 ov)

Afghanistan won by 92 runs.

COMPLETED / 1st ODI / Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Afghanistan

107/4 (26 ov)

South Africa

106/10 (33.3 ov)

Afghanistan won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / Only Test / Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground

Afghanistan

New Zealand

Stumps : Day 3

COMPLETED / 1st Test / Tolerance Oval

Afghanistan

155/10 (54.5 ov)

Ireland

263/10 (83.4 ov)

Ireland won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / 1st T20I / Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Sri Lanka

160/10 (19 ov)

Afghanistan

156/9 (20 ov)

Sri Lanka won by 4 runs.

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All Rounder

Ikram Alikhil

Wicket-Keeper

Rahmat Shah

Batter

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Batter

Qais Ahmad

Bowler

Ibrahim Zadran

Batter

Fareed Malik

Bowler

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowler

Azmatullah Omarzai

All Rounder

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Wicket-Keeper

Shafiqullah

wkbat

Noor Ahmad

Bowler

Naveed Zadran

Bowler

Mohammad Nabi

All Rounder

Najibullah Zadran

Batter

Gulbadin Naib

All Rounder

Karim Janat

All Rounder

Rashid Khan

Bowler

Batter

Khalil Ahmad

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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.