List of Afghanistan T20I cricketers

The Afghanistan national cricket team playing in Rotterdam in 2010 ICC WCL Division One

A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket.^[1] Since their first match in 2010, thirty-two players have represented the Afghanistan national cricket team in forty-eight Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[2]

The Afghanistan Cricket Federation was formed in 1995, but cricket was banned by the Taliban until 2000.^[3][4] When the ban was lifted, the team experienced a "meteoric rise through international cricket".^[5] They were admitted to the ICC as an affiliate member in 2001, and in 2006 played and beat the Marylebone Cricket Club in Mumbai. Later in 2006 they toured England, winning six out of seven matches against county second XI teams.^[6] Their first T20I was the second match of the Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series against Ireland, which they lost by five wickets.^[7]

In total, Afghanistan have played 48 T20Is.^[7] Mohammad Shahzad has played in all 48 matches^[8] and is the leading run-scorer with 1,367 runs.^[9] His score of 118 not out, made against Zimbabwe on 10 January 2016, is the highest total by an Afghan batsman in T20I cricket.^[10] Mohammad Nabi has claimed more wickets in T20I matches than any other Afghan, having taken a total of 47.^[11]

This list includes all players who have played at least one T20I match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first caps in the same match, those players are initially listed alphabetically by their last name at the time of debut.

Key

General  – Captain  – Wicket-keeper First – Year of debut Last – Year of latest game Mat – Number of matches played

Batting Inn – Number of innings batted NO – Number of innings not out Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score 100 – Centuries scored 50 – Half-centuries scored Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out

Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicket

Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings taken

Players

Statistics are correct as of Afghanistan's T20I against West Indies on 27 March 2016.

Afghanistan T20I cricketers

Cap	Name	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	Balls	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St	Ref(s)
					Batting[12]			Bowling[13]				Fielding
01	Asghar Stanikzai	2010	2016	36	693	62	23.10	4	1	1/4	4.00	13	0	[14]
02	Dawlat Ahmadzai	2010	2010	2	2	2*	–	24	2	1/21	23.00	0	0	[15]
03	Hamid Hassan	2010	2016	22	50	22	16.66	478	32	4/22	16.34	2	0	[16]
04	Karim Sadiq	2010	2016	34	505	72	14.85	420	14	3/17	34.42	5	0	[17]
05	Mohammad Nabi	2010	2016	45	621	52	16.34	978	47	4/17	23.95	23	0	[18]
06	Mohammad Shahzad	2010	2016	48	1,367	118*	29.71	0	–	–	–	21	20	[19]
07	Nawroz Mangal	2010	2015	30	454	65*	16.81	60	4	3/23	20.00	15	0	[20]
08	Raees Ahmadzai	2010	2010	8	91	33*	30.33	0	–	–	–	2	0	[21]
09	Samiullah Shenwari	2010	2016	43	643	61	21.43	610	27	5/13	23.81	11	0	[22]
10	Shafiqullah	2010	2016	30	360	51*	18.94	0	–	–	–	11	0	[23]
11	Shapoor Zadran	2010	2016	27	26	13	3.71	498	26	2/9	22.34	5	0	[24]
12	Mirwais Ashraf	2010	2016	25	128	28*	11.63	392	14	2/6	31.71	5	0	[25]
13	Noor Ali Zadran	2010	2016	18	465	63	27.35	0	–	–	–	3	0	[26]
14	Dawlat Zadran	2012	2016	29	59	13	7.37	636	35	3/17	23.02	7	0	[27]
15	Gulbadin Naib	2012	2016	29	397	56*	20.89	210	7	2/24	47.42	13	0	[28]
16	Izatullah Dawlatzai	2012	2012	4	0	0*	–	72	6	3/33	22.33	1	0	[29]
17	Javed Ahmadi	2012	2012	2	6	6	6.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[30]
18	Shabir Noori	2012	2012	1	15	15	15.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[31]
19	Zamir Khan	2012	2012	1	0	–	–	24	1	1/26	26.00	0	0	[32]
20	Aftab Alam	2012	2015	6	1	1*	–	119	7	2/23	23.71	0	0	[33]
21	Najibullah Zadran	2012	2016	27	484	60*	30.25	0	–	–	–	12	0	[34]
22	Amir Hamza	2013	2016	19	13	4	4.33	378	19	3/39	23.26	0	0	[35]
23	Hashmatullah Shaidi	2013	2013	1	1	1*	–	0	–	–	–	1	0	[36]
24	Afsar Zazai	2013	2013	1	9	9	18.61	0	–	–	–	0	1	[37]
25	Najeeb Tarakai	2014	2014	2	14	7	7.00	0	–	–	–	0	0	[38]
26	Sharafuddin Ashraf	2015	2015	4	0	–	–	84	3	3/27	39.66	0	0	[39]
27	Rashid Khan	2015	2016	14	49	15	24.50	330	19	3/11	19.78	5	0	[40]
28	Usman Ghani	2015	2016	9	216	69	24.00	0	–	–	–	4	0	[41]
29	Nasim Baras	2015	2015	3	1	1	1.00	48	2	1/11	28.00	3	0	[42]
30	Rokhan Barakzai	2015	2015	3	0	–	–	60	6	2/21	12.50	0	0	[43]
31	Sayed Shirzad	2015	2016	3	1	1	1.00	66	7	3/16	10.57	1	0	[44]
32	Yamin Ahmadzai	2015	2015	2	1	1*	–	43	5	3/34	13.00	0	0	[45]

See also

• List of Afghanistan ODI cricketers
• List of Afghanistan first-class cricketers
• List of Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricket records

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