Nafees Iqbal

Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ নাফিস ইকবাল খান) (born 31 January 1985, in Chittagong), better known as Nafees Iqbal, is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer.[1] He played as a right-handed opening batsman, and was a part-time right-arm medium pace bowler.[2]

Nafees Iqbal
Personal information
Full nameMohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan
Born (1985-01-31) 31 January 1985
Chittagong, Bangladesh
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
RelationsTamim Iqbal (brother)
Akram Khan (paternal uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 38)19–22 October 2004 v New Zealand
Last Test8–11 March 2006 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 70)7 November 2003 v England
Last ODI18 June 2005 v Australia
ODI shirt no.95
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 11 16
Runs scored 518 309
Batting average 23.54 19.31
100s/50s 1/2 -/2
Top score 121 58
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – n/a
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 2/- 2/-
Source: , 12 March 2001

Biography

His father Iqbal Khan was a reputed footballer. Nafees is the nephew of former Bangladesh captain Akram Khan and elder brother of Tamim Iqbal.[3][4]

Career

He represented Bangladesh U19 team in youth level and captained the national side at the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5]

He rose to limelight and prominence after scoring a hundred (118 off 168 balls) for Bangladesh A against the touring England team in 2003–04 and he was disparaging towards the England spinners which he faced, commenting their spinners as "ordinary".[6][7] His comments drew more press attention than his batting.[8] He also played for Bangladesh during the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.[9]

His only Test century came in January 2005, one which aided Bangladesh towards their first-ever series victory, 1–0 against Zimbabwe.[10][11] However he couldn't achieve better milestones like his brother Tamim Iqbal during his short playing career and was dropped from the national team in 2006 following a string of poor scores.[12] His last international match came in April 2006 which was a test match against Australia. In 2020, one of the friends of Nafees Iqbal revealed that Tamim Iqbal's success was primarily due to the sacrifice of his older brother Nafees.[13][4]

In 2016, he was appointed as team manager of Khulna Titans in the Bangladesh Premier League.[14] Nafees was recruited in by the management team of the Mumbai Indians for the 2018 Indian Premier League season as a translator for his fellow Bangladeshi seamer Mustafizur Rahman.[15][16][17] His role as a translator was also credited in the 2019 Netflix original webseries Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians. [18]

Personal life

On 20 June 2020, he was reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 and has been kept in self isolation at his residence in Chittagong.[19][20][21]

References
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  2. "Nafees Iqbal". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  3. "The Khans of Chittagong | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  4. "Tamim's success rooted in brotherly love". The Daily Star. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  5. "Bangladesh Squad declared for ICC Under-19 world cup 2002". ESPN. 2002-01-07. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  6. "Did Nafees Iqbal actually term England spinners ordinary?". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  7. Davies, Interview by Gareth A. (2005-05-23). "My Sport: Nafees Iqbal". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  8. Weaver, Paul (2003-10-16). "Nafis wrings England spinners". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  9. "Squads for ICC Champions Trophy 2004". www.abcofcricket.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  10. "10th January 2005: A first for Bangladesh in the longest format". Hindustan Times. 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  11. "Iqbal hundred seals series win | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  12. "Nafees Iqbal dropped for Sri Lanka series | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  13. "A peoples opener: Tamim gifts iPhones, bikes - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  14. "Nafees Iqbal: I still have plenty to offer as player". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  15. "I got a lot of respect there: Mumbai Indians' inside story in Nafees's words". BDCricTime. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  16. "IPL 2018: Nafees Iqbal to Help Mustafizur Rahman With English Translation in Mumbai Indians Camp | 🏏 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  17. "Nafees joins Mumbai to help out Mustafizur". The Daily Star. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  18. Mukherjee, Shubro. "Bangladesh's Nafees Iqbal describes how he managed to bond with Rohit Sharma's wife during IPL games". Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  19. "Former Bangladesh cricketer Nafees Iqbal tests positive for COVID-19". Hindustan Times. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  20. "Nafees Iqbal tests positive for coronavirus". The Daily Star. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  21. "Former Bangladesh cricketer Nafees Iqbal tests positive for COVID-19". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
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