IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan vs West Indies, Match 42
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IN PICS: ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan vs South Africa, Match 21
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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
Career | M | In | R | NO | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
Test | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
ODIs | 66 | 57 | 1043 | 8 | 82* | 21.28 | 1436 | 72.63 | 0 | 5 | 84 | 25 | 13 | 0 |
T20s | 48 | 39 | 495 | 11 | 56* | 17.67 | 408 | 121.3 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 0 |
World Cup | 11 | 11 | 196 | 0 | 47 | 17.81 | 256 | 76.56 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Career | M | B | R | W | Avg | EC | SR | 5WI | 10WM | BBI | BBM |
Test | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
ODIs | 66 | 2236 | 2004 | 60 | 33.40 | 5.377 | 37.26 | 1 | 0 | 4/27 | 4/27 |
T20s | 48 | 450 | 621 | 17 | 36.52 | 8.280 | 26.47 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
World Cup | 11 | 490 | 509 | 11 | 46.27 | 6.232 | 44.54 | 0 | -- | 4/27 |
ODI Debut
Canada v Afghanistan at Armour Heights, Toronto, August 9, 2011
Last ODI
Afghanistan v Ireland at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, January 21, 2021
T20 Debut
Afghanistan v Netherlands at Dubai Sports City Stadium, Dubai, March 14, 2012
Last T20
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, March 10, 2020
Under Gulbadin Naib, Afghanistan lost all nine of their World Cup matches in England.
Before the World Cup, Rahmat Shah was appointed Test captain while Gulbadin Naib emerged a surprise choice for ODI captaincy. Rashid ...
Afghanistan failed to clinch key moments in the games and with Rashid not enjoying a fruitful campaign, Afghanistan struggled at the ...
Afghanistan ended their World Cup campaign without a win after going down by 23 runs to West Indies on Thursday in their last outing.
Naib has not given up hope that his country's talent scouts can unearth the kind of quality pace bowler he needs.
Afghanistan will have the psychological advantage when they continue the search for a maiden victory in the World Cup vs West Indies.
Afghanistan failed to clinch key moments in the games and with Rashid not enjoying a fruitful campaign, Afghanistan struggled at the ...
Afghanistan were here to spring a surprise; none have transpired so far
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 ...
Asghar Afghan has been stripped of Afghanistan captaincy across formats.
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