Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36)[citation needed] Kabul, Afghanistan
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium-fast
Role
Middle order batsman
Relations
Karim Janat (brother)
International information
National side
Afghanistan (2004–2021)
Test debut (cap 2)
14 June 2018 v India
Last Test
10 March 2021 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 1)
19 April 2009 v Scotland
Last ODI
26 January 2021 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.
44
T20I debut (cap 1)
1 February 2010 v Ireland
Last T20I
31 October 2021 v Namibia
T20I shirt no.
44
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2017
Amo Region
2017
Kabul 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 Guangzhou
Team
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.[1][2] He made his Test debut, against India, on 14 June 2018.[3] On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan.[4][5]
In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) dropped him as captain of the Afghanistan team across all three formats.[6][7] However, in December 2019, the ACB reappointed Asghar Stanikzai as the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats.[8] In March 2021, during the series against Zimbabwe, Afghan played in his 50th T20I as Afghanistan's captain.[9] In May 2021, he was sacked as the national team captain.[10]
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.[11]
^"Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^"Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^"Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14-18 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^"Captain Asghar changes surname to Afghan". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^"Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai changes his name to Asghar Afghan". Sport360. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^"Asghar Afghan removed as Afghanistan announce split captaincy". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^"Rahmat, Rashid given leadership roles in Afghanistan revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^"Asghar Afghan reappointed Afghanistan captain across formats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^"AFG vs ZIM Stats Preview 1st T20I Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe". India Fantasy. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^"Asghar Afghan sacked as Afghanistan opt for split captaincy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^"Asghar Afghan to retire from all formats after T20 World Cup game against Namibia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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cricket with Mohammad Shahzad, AsgharAfghan and Shapoor Zadran, all of whom would later become important members of the Afghan national team. Nabi played...
2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. The qualifying teams are Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and...
The Afghanistan Premier League (APL) (Pashto: د افغانستان غوره لیګ; Persian: لیگ برتر افغانستان), officially Gulbahar Afghanistan Premier League for sponsorship...
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1988) is a former Afghan cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a wicketkeeper. He made his international debut for Afghanistan in August 2009...
which Afghanistan qualified. They qualified under the captaincy Asgar Afghan. The 2015 Cricket World was the first Cricket World Cup Afghanistan participated...
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