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]
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| Full name | Shahidullah Kamal | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1999 Khost, Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batting all-rounder | ||||||||||||||
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| 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
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Career
editA 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
edit- ^ "Shahidullah". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan A tour of Zimbabwe, 1st unofficial ODI: Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan A at Harare, Jan 27, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan Under-19s Squad: Players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Shahidullah profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "12th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Nov 19-22 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Mis Ainak Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Afghanistan Emerging travels to Bangladesh for Asia Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan in squad for Zimbabwe Tests, to miss large part of PSL season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, Mar 10 - 14 2021, Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad in Afghanistan squad for their first bilateral ODI series against Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Nabi rules himself out of Netherlands ODIs". CricBuzz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "1st ODI, Doha, Jan 21 2022, Afghanistan v Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2022.