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Minhajul Abedin Afridi (born 5 February 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Rangpur Riders in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League on 2 February 2019.[2] He made his List A debut for Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the 2018–19 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on 8 March 2019.[3] He made his first-class debut on 10 October 2019, for Chittagong Division in the 2019–20 National Cricket League.[4]
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| Full name | Minhajul Abedin Afridi | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1999 Chittagong, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak googly | ||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 2 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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In November 2019, he was named to Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[5] Later the same month, he was selected to play for the Rajshahi Royals in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League,[6] and he was named to Bangladesh's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[7] The Bangladesh team won the gold medal, after they beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the final.[8]
Afridi learnt cricket due to his father's love for the game; his father was a passionate fan of the Pakistani cricket team and named him "Afridi".[9]
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