Afghan cricketer
Yamin Ahmadzai
Ahmadzai in 2020
Full name Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai
Born (1992-07-25 ) 25 July 1992 (age 32) Laghman Province , Afghanistan Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm medium-fast Role Bowler National side Test debut (cap 11 ) 14 June 2018 v India Last Test 2 January 2025 v Zimbabwe ODI debut (cap 37 ) 25 December 2015 v Zimbabwe Last ODI 23 February 2022 v Bangladesh T20I debut (cap 32 ) 29 November 2015 v Oman Last T20I 30 November 2015 v Oman
Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai (born 25 July 1992) is an Afghan cricketer . Ahmadzai is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Laghman Province .[ 1] He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match , against India , in June 2018, and took Afghanistan's first wicket in Test cricket.
Career
Ahmadzai made his debut for Afghanistan Under-19s in a Youth One Day International against India Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand . He made two further Youth One Day International appearances in that competition, against Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea .[ 2] He also played for the Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland , helping Afghanistan to qualify for the main event in 2012 .[ 3]
Later in 2011, he made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Multan Tigers . He scored an unbeaten single run in the Cheetahs innings, while in the Tigers innings he bowled a single over , conceding 17 runs from it.[ 4]
He made his Twenty20 International debut for Afghanistan against Oman on 29 November 2015.[ 5] He made his One Day International debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe on 25 December 2015.[ 6]
He also plays first-class cricket for the Pakistan team Habib Bank Limited in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy .[ 7]
Test cricket
He made his Test debut in Afghanistan's inaugural Test match , played against India , on 14 June 2018.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] He took Afghanistan's first wicket in Test cricket, dismissing Shikhar Dhawan , just after lunch on day one.[ 11] In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.[ 12] [ 13]
References
^ Yamin Ahmadzai at CricketArchive
^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Yamin Ahmadzai" . CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011 .
^ "Other matches played by Yamin Ahmadzai" . CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011 .
^ "Player profile: Yamin Ahmadzai" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2011 .
^ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st T20I: Afghanistan v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 29, 2015" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 29 November 2015 .
^ "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Dec 25, 2015" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 25 December 2015 .
^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pool A: Karachi Blues v Habib Bank Limited at Karachi, Oct 15–18, 2016" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 October 2016 .
^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced" . Afghanistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 29 May 2018 .
^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 29 May 2018 .
^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14–18 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 June 2018 .
^ "Afghanistan take historic first Test wicket" . Australian Associated Press . Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018 .
^ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 February 2019 .
^ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 7 February 2019 .
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