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Gulbadin Naib

Full Name
Gulbadeen Naib
Born
16-03-1991 Kacha Gari, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Current Age
28 years old
Major Teams
Afghanistan
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium-fast
Gulbadin Naib

Photos: Gulbadin Naib

  • IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan vs West Indies, Match 42

    IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan vs West Indies, Match 42
  • IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, England vs Afghanistan, Match 24

    IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, England vs Afghanistan, Match 24
  • IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan vs South Africa, Match 21

    IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan vs South Africa, Match 21
  • IN PICS: Afghanistan vs New Zealand, Match 13

    IN PICS: Afghanistan vs New Zealand, Match 13

Videos: Gulbadin Naib

  • Really disappointed with the team’s performance at the World Cup: Gulbadin Naib

    Really disappointed with the team’s performance at the World Cup: Gulbadin Naib
  • Naib defends costly decision to bowl himself against Pakistan

    Naib defends costly decision to bowl himself against Pakistan
  • Gulbadin Naib throws his weight behind struggling Rashid Khan

    Gulbadin Naib throws his weight behind struggling Rashid Khan
  • Naib fumes at sloppy Afghanistan after latest World Cup defeat to Bangladesh

    Naib fumes at sloppy Afghanistan after latest World Cup defeat to Bangladesh

Gulbadin Naib Biography

Gulbadin Naib, born in the Logar province of Afghanistan, wore his country's shirt for the first time, playing against Japan in the World Cricket League Division five at the age of 16. Ever since then he has been a regular feature in the Afghanistan side and has contributed immensely to their meteoric rise.

He even featured in the famous documentary, Out of the Ashes, which depicted the success story of Afghanistan in the field of cricket. In the documentary, it is revealed that apart from cricket, Gulbadin Naib is also a passionate bodybuilder. He cited Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of his main inspirations.

He is a right-arm medium fast bowler and specializes as a wicket-taker, but doesn't have a great economy rate to go with that. He was selected in the Afghanistan squad for the ICC World Cup 2015 at the age of just 23.

The way he has performed indicates that he may have only finished one-fourth of his cricketing career and has a lot to contribute to Afghanistan cricket and possibly see them take the step from an ODI side to a Test side.

Rishad DSouza

Gulbadin Naib Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
ODIs 41 34 615 5 82* 21.20 851 72.26 0 4 39 22 8 0
T20s 38 31 432 9 56* 19.63 357 121.0 0 1 31 20 17 0
World Cup 1 1 0 0 0 0.000 1 0.000 0 0 0 0 1 0

Gulbadin Naib Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
ODIs 41 1160 996 29 34.34 5.151 40.00 0 0 4/27 4/27
T20s 38 264 394 9 43.77 8.954 29.33 0 0 0/5 0/5
World Cup 1 54 53 1 53.00 5.888 54.00 0 -- 4/27

Gulbadin Naib Career statistics

ODI Debut

Canada v Afghanistan at Armour Heights, Toronto, August 9, 2011

Last ODI

Afghanistan v West Indies at Harare Sports Club, Harare, March 25, 2018

T20 Debut

Afghanistan v Netherlands at Dubai Sports City Stadium, Dubai, March 14, 2012

Last T20

Afghanistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, February 6, 2018

News ON Gulbadin Naib

No split captaincy: Rashid Khan named Afghanistan skipper across formats, Asghar Afghan to be vice-captain

Before the World Cup, Rahmat Shah was appointed Test captain while Gulbadin Naib emerged a surprise choice for ODI captaincy. Rashid ...

Cricket World Cup 2019 Team Review: Spirited Afghanistan done in by off-field rhetorics

Afghanistan failed to clinch key moments in the games and with Rashid not enjoying a fruitful campaign, Afghanistan struggled at the ...

Fitness is a big issue for Afghanistan, boys are struggling: Gulbadin Naib

Afghanistan ended their World Cup campaign without a win after going down by 23 runs to West Indies on Thursday in their last outing.

We need good fast-bowlers, admits Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib

Naib has not given up hope that his country's talent scouts can unearth the kind of quality pace bowler he needs.

Afghanistan search for maiden world cup win against West Indies

Afghanistan will have the psychological advantage when they continue the search for a maiden victory in the World Cup vs West Indies.

Cricket World Cup 2019 – Credit to Pakistan for how they finished the game: Gulbadin Naib

Pakistan edged home by three wickets with two balls to spare at Headingley but the contest turned in the 46th over, bowled by Naib.

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Features ON Gulbadin Naib

    Cricket World Cup 2019 Team Review: Spirited Afghanistan done in by off-field rhetorics

    Afghanistan failed to clinch key moments in the games and with Rashid not enjoying a fruitful campaign, Afghanistan struggled at the ...

    Cricket World Cup 2019: Where is the fight, Afghanistan?

    Afghanistan were here to spring a surprise; none have transpired so far

    Cricket World Cup 2019: Afghan chutzpah entertains and asks a few tough questions

    It is staggering that a World Cup being staged in England is missing out on Ireland and Scotland who could have helped light up this ...

    2019 World Cup tracker: Naib in charge of Afghanistan, Pakistan get strict

    Asghar Afghan has been stripped of Afghanistan captaincy across formats.

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