Rahmanullah Gurbaz Full Biography The young teenage wicketkeeper-batsman from afganistan RahmanullahGurbaz born and raised in Khost, Afghanistan. With his aggressive mindset, while opening the innings, he seems to be the perfect replacement for the veteran Mohammad Shahzad. He came into the limelight when he finishes the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup with the leading run-scorer for the Afghanistan side with 117 runs in four matches which took him a place in a senior squad. He made his ODI debut against Ireland where he played to run a ball 127 runs. His performances with the bat and behind the wickets earned him…
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Haider Ali Full Biography A young aggressive batsman Malik Haider Ali born in Attock and came into the nation through a complete roadmap. His extraordinary performances in under-19 level compiled with PSL performances earned him an early call into the Pakistani team. He played u-19 cricket in Sri Lanka and South Africa and later lead Pakistani batting in the u-19 world cup in South Africa. In a youth ODI series against South Africa, Haider smashed 278 runs in 5 innings and got praises from a South African bowling coach who mentioned he’s a player of international class. Due to his outclass…
Dawlat Zadran Full Biography Known for his slow inswinging Yorkers Dawlat Zadran made his List A debut in a series against Pakistan where he took 6 scalps in a 3 match unofficial one-day series. His bowling action is quite similar to one of the bowling greats Waqar Younis. He’s one of the fastest bowlers Afghanistan ever produced when he bowls a noticeable delivery at the pace of 145.3 kph. Apart from his heroics with the ball in hand, Dawlat was unable to play for a longer period of time due to severe injuries with the passage of time. However, he’s regarded…
Gulbadin Naib Full Biography Bodybuilder turned cricketer Guldabin Naib born in Puli Alam in the Logar province of Afghanistan. Before coming to cricket he was the sole earner from his family and at the same time, he was doing bodybuilding and greatly inspired by Mr. Olympia Arnold. They use to live hands to mouth as his father was unemployed and his mother has some severe disease of hepatitis yet he continued playing cricket and after getting a central contract in 2011 he was able to fulfill the needs of his family. He made his debut for Afghanistan against Japan in the 2008 World Cricket League Division Five but…
Hashmatullah Shahidi Full Biography A left-handed batsman with solid technique and great temperament named “HashmatullahShahidi” started the initial cricket idolizing Kumar Sangakkara in his childhood. He has the special role to build innings and play throughout the innings to build a solid foundation. Although his strike rate in ODI’s is not much pleasing he’s given this role to perform. In the final match of the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah AbdaliTournament, batting for Band-e-Amir Region against SpeenGhar Region, he scored 163 runs and caught the eyes of selectors. He made his ODI’s debut against Kenya in 2013. Hashmatullah came into the limelight when he smashes 97…
Hazratullah Zazai Full Biography Growing up watching his cricketing idols Chris henry Gayle and HashimAmla in his teenage days, Hazrat Ullah Zazai came into the national side after his splendid form with the bat in Afghanistan Premier League (APL) season 2018. Hazrat scores 44 balls hundred in APL and hit 6 sixes in one over against a team where his cricketing idol Chris Gayle was playing for. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team back in 2016 but HazratullahZazai announced his arrival in February 2019, when he scored the highest individual score by any of the Afghan players in…
Mohammad Nabi Full Biography Hailed from Logar, Afghanistan before moving to Peshawar Mohammad Nabi came a long way. In his early days, Muhammad Nabi started playing street cricket before joining Arshad khan academy in Peshawar at the age of just 10. Nabi started representing Afghanistan at a higher level when he started playing competitive cricket in 2003. He is one of those players who have played a great role in bringing up Afghanistan cricket from scratch. Nabi came into the limelight in a tour match against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in Mumbai, India where he smashed a ton in a big…
Mohammad Shahzad Full Biography Afghanistan’s explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad started playing cricket at his early age while staying in a refugee camp in Peshawar. Originally he’s from Nangarhar but he played a lot of cricket in Pakistan and also got married there before moving back to his homeland. Mohammad Shahzad was one of the eleven cricketers to feature in Afghanistan’s first-ever Test match in 2018 against India. Shahzad introduced himself in world cricket when he smashed a ton against Netherland in a first-class game. With this, he becomes the first player from Afghanistan to score a century in an ODI…
Asghar Afghan Full Biography Known for his experienced and mature batting approach, Asghar Afghan has a bunch of achievements for his homeland. He made his international debut in 2004 and later there is no way back. Asghar represented Afghanistan at different stages of cricket in the 2004 ACC Trophy, as well as the 2006 ACC Trophy and the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup. he was a member of the squad from 2008 to 2009 who won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four, and Division Three which got Afghanistan promotion to the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier where they gained…
Mujeeb Ur Rehman Full Biography 16 years old Mujeebur Rahman from a war-torn nation made into the international arena in a very young age. He was the leading wicket-taker in the Under-19 Asia Cup with 20 scalps in 5 matches that helped Afghanistan win their maiden ACC Under-19 Cup title. later in his ODI debut game against Ireland where he took 4 wickets at the economy of 2.4 runs per over and awarded man of the match. With his five wickets in an ODI match against Zimbabwe, he became the youngest player ever to take an ODI five-wicket haul and was named the…