Asghar Afghan

Asghar Afghan
اصغر افغان
Afghan in 2020
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Asghar Afghan
BornMohammad Asghar Stanikzai
(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36)[citation needed]
Kabul, Afghanistan
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleMiddle order batsman
RelationsKarim Janat (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 2)14 June 2018 v India
Last Test10 March 2021 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 1)19 April 2009 v Scotland
Last ODI26 January 2021 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.44
T20I debut (cap 1)1 February 2010 v Ireland
Last T20I31 October 2021 v Namibia
T20I shirt no.44
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Amo Region
2017Kabul Eagles
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 6 114 75 29
Runs scored 440 2,424 1,382 1,861
Batting average 44.00 24.73 21.93 44.30
100s/50s 1/3 1/12 0/4 6/6
Top score 164 101 62 164
Balls bowled 18 139 4 93
Wickets 0 3 1 0
Bowling average 30.33 4.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/1 1/4
Catches/stumpings 2/– 24/– 20/– 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2022
Medal record
Representing  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team

Mohammad Asghar Afghan (Pashto: محمد اصغر افغان; born Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai) is an Afghan former cricketer who had captained the Afghanistan national cricket team. Asghar is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler. In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Afghanistan, for their inaugural Test match, against India.[1][2] He made his Test debut, against India, on 14 June 2018.[3] On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan.[4][5]

In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) dropped him as captain of the Afghanistan team across all three formats.[6][7] However, in December 2019, the ACB reappointed Asghar Stanikzai as the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats.[8] In March 2021, during the series against Zimbabwe, Afghan played in his 50th T20I as Afghanistan's captain.[9] In May 2021, he was sacked as the national team captain.[10]

In October 2021, ahead of Afghanistan's match against Namibia in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Afghan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket following the game.[11]

  1. ^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14-18 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Captain Asghar changes surname to Afghan". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai changes his name to Asghar Afghan". Sport360. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Asghar Afghan removed as Afghanistan announce split captaincy". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Rahmat, Rashid given leadership roles in Afghanistan revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Asghar Afghan reappointed Afghanistan captain across formats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  9. ^ "AFG vs ZIM Stats Preview 1st T20I Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe". India Fantasy. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Asghar Afghan sacked as Afghanistan opt for split captaincy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Asghar Afghan to retire from all formats after T20 World Cup game against Namibia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.