Gulbadin Naib

Gulbadin Naib ( born 16 March 1991) is an Afghan cricketer. An all-rounder, Naib bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) named Naib the team's new One Day International (ODI) captain ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, replacing Asghar Afghan. However, following the Cricket World Cup, where Afghanistan lost all of their matches, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. Naib led Afghanistan to the silver medal in the 2022 Asian Games.

Gulbadin Naib
ګلبدين نایب
Gulbadin Naib in 2019
Personal information
Born (1991-03-16) 16 March 1991
Puli Alam, Logar, Afghanistan
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 24)9 August 2011 v Canada
Last ODI5 September 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.14 (previously 11)
T20I debut (cap 15)14 March 2012 v Netherlands
Last T20I7 October 2023 v India
T20I shirt no.14
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12Afghan Cheetahs
2017Boost Defenders
2018–presentBalkh Legends
2019Sylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 77 57 5 120
Runs scored 1,170 615 313 2,135
Batting average 20.17 18.08 52.16 23.98
100s/50s 0/5 0/1 0/3 1/9
Top score 82* 56* 88* 100
Balls bowled 2,589 541 460 3,958
Wickets 67 22 14 114
Bowling average 34.83 33.81 23.28 31.52
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/43 2/13 5/29 6/43
Catches/stumpings 22/– 22/– 6/– 35/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 October 2023
Medal record
Representing  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
2014 IncheonTeam
2022 HangzhouTeam
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