Asghar Afghan

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. He made his Test debut, against India, on 14 June 2018. On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan.

Asghar Afghan
اصغر افغان
Afghan in 2020
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Asghar Afghan
BornMohammad Asghar Stanikzai
(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987
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
2010 GuangzhouTeam

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

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.

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