Zahir Khan (Afghan cricketer)

Zahir Khan
Personal information
Full name Zahir Khan
Born (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998
Afghanistan
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm chinaman
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–present Band-e-Amir Region
2017 Mis Ainak Knights
2017–present Rangpur Riders
2018 Multan Sultans
2018 Rajasthan Royals
2018 Lancashire
2018–present Nangarhar
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 7 8 15
Runs scored 1 1 2
Batting average 1.00 0.50 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 1* 1 1*
Balls bowled 757 433 320
Wickets 34 19 24
Bowling average 13.14 22.42 16.16
5 wickets in innings 1 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 5/31 6/36 5/19
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 September 2018

Zahir Khan (born 20 December 1998) is an Afghan cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 21 November 2015.[2] He played for the Afghanistan U-19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3]

Domestic career

He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017.[4] Along with Karim Janat, he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with twelve dismissals.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.[6]

In August 2018, he joined the English side Lancashire for the rest of the season.[7]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[8] In January 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction.[9][10]

Test cricket

In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India, but he was not selected for the match.[11][12]

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Zahir Khan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan v Papua New Guinea at Sharjah, Nov 21-24, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Afghanistan U-19s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "1st Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Afghanistan spinner Zahir Khan joins Lancashire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "U19 World Cup stars snapped up in IPL auction". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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