Shahidullah (cricketer)

Shahidullah (born 6 February 1999) is an Afghan cricketer.^[1] He made his List A debut for Afghanistan A against Zimbabwe A during their tour to Zimbabwe on 27 January 2017.^[2] He was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[3] He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2021, in a Test match against Zimbabwe.^[4]

Shahidullah

Personal information
Full name	Shahidullah Kamal
Born	(1999-02-06) 6 February 1999 (age 25) Khost, Afghanistan
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm orthodox
Role	Batting all-rounder
International information
National side	Afghanistan (2021-present)
Only Test (cap 24)	10 March 2021 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 51)	21 January 2022 v Netherlands
Last ODI	26 August 2023 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	25
T20I debut (cap 52)	4 October 2023 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	7 October 2023 v India
T20I shirt no.	25
Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2023
Medal record Representing  Afghanistan Men's Cricket Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team

Career

A batting all-rounder, Shahidullah made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.^[5] He made his first-class debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017.^[6] He was the leading run-scorer for Mis Ainak Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 663 runs in eight matches.^[7]

In September 2018, Shahidullah was named in Kabul's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.^[8] In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.^[9]

In August 2019, Shahidullah was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series.^[10][11] In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.^[12] In February 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe.^[13] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against Zimbabwe, on 10 March 2021.^[14]

In July 2021, Shahidullah was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.^[15] In January 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's ODI squad for their series against the Netherlands in Qatar.^[16] He made his ODI debut on 21 January 2022, for Afghanistan against the Netherlands.^[17]

References

1. "Shahidullah". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
2. "Afghanistan A tour of Zimbabwe, 1st unofficial ODI: Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan A at Harare, Jan 27, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
3. "Afghanistan Under-19s Squad: Players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
4. "Shahidullah profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
5. "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
6. "12th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Nov 19-22 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
7. "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Mis Ainak Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
8. "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
9. "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
10. "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
11. "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
12. "Afghanistan Emerging travels to Bangladesh for Asia Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
13. "Rashid Khan in squad for Zimbabwe Tests, to miss large part of PSL season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
14. "2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, Mar 10 - 14 2021, Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
15. "Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
16. "Nabi rules himself out of Netherlands ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
17. "1st ODI, Doha, Jan 21 2022, Afghanistan v Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

External links

• Shahidullah at ESPNcricinfo