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Ibrahim Zadran

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Ibrahim Zadran (Pashto: ابراهیم ځدراڼ; born 12 December 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019.[2] He is the current vice-captain of Afghanistan Cricket Team in T20I cricket.

Ibrahim Zadran
Zadran in 2022
Personal information
Born (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 22)
Khost, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleOpening batter
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 15)5 September 2019 v Bangladesh
Last Test2 February 2024 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 48)11 November 2019 v West Indies
Last ODI10 November 2023 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.18
T20I debut (cap 41)14 November 2019 v West Indies
Last T20I25 June 2024 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.18
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentMis Ainak Knights (squad no. 109)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 6 28 31 20
Runs scored 476 1287 766 1276
Batting average 39.66 51.48 28.28 38.73
100s/50s 1/3 5/5 0/5 3/7
Top score 114 162 67* 114
Balls bowled 12 – – 150
Wickets 1 – – 3
Bowling average 13.00 – – 24.66
5 wickets in innings 0 – – 0
10 wickets in match 0 – – 0
Best bowling 1/13 – – 1/13
Catches/stumpings 11/– 9/– 9/– 25/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2024

Domestic career

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He made his List A debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 August 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.[4]

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[5]

In 2021, Ibrahim played for Boyne Hill in Berkshire. He played as an opener and scored 479 runs in 15 matches.[6]

International career

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In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7] He was the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan in the tournament, with 186 runs.[8]

In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[9]

In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh.[10][11] He made his Test debut, in the one-off match against Bangladesh, on 5 September 2019.[12] The following month, he was named in Afghanistan's squads for their series against the West Indies.[13] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut, against the West Indies, on 11 November 2019.[14] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, also against the West Indies, on 14 November 2019.[15]

In December 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[16] He was the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan in the tournament, with 240 runs in five matches.[17] In June 2022, in the second match against Zimbabwe, Zadran scored his first century in ODI cricket, with an unbeaten 120 runs.[18] In November 2022, he scored his second ODI century (106), against Sri Lanka in Pallekelle.[19] He won the player of the match award. In the third match of the same series, he smashed 162 runs, breaking the record for highest score by a player from his country in this format.[20] He ended the series with 278 runs at an average of 92.66, and won the player of the series award.[21]

Six months later, in June 2023, he made 98 against Sri Lanka in the first match of the 2023 series, in Hambantota, winning the player of the match award.[22] In four innings in Sri Lanka, he has scored 106, 10, 162 and 98.

He made his World Cup debut on 7 October 2023 against Bangladesh in India in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. He scored 22 runs off 24 balls in a losing cause.[23] He played a match-winning knock against Pakistan, scoring 87 runs off 113 balls.[24] He was declared payer of the match, which he dedicated to the Afghan refugees.[25] Zadran made the highest ever score by an Afghan player in the ICC World Cup on 7 November 2023 against Australia at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai by scoring 129 runs not out from 147 balls. This was Afghanistan's first century in a World Cup game.[26]

In May 2024, he was named in Afghanistan’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Ibrahim Zadran". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "4th Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 11, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Gayle, Afridi, Russell: icons in Afghanistan Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Thames Valley Cricket League - Player History". www.tvlcricket.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Afghanistan Under-19s Squad / Players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Sep 5-9 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Focus on youth as Afghanistan revamp squads for West Indies series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  14. ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  15. ^ "1st T20I (N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Afghanistan U19 squad announced for ICC U19 World Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  17. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2019/20 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Bowlers, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shash help Afghanistan seal ODI series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Ibrahim, Farooqi, Naib lead Afghanistan to comfortable win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Ibrahim Zadran breaks record during epic hundred against Sri Lanka". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka 2022/23 Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Ibrahim Zadran, seamers help Afghanistan stroll to a comfortable win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Cricket scorecard - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Cricket scorecard - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  25. ^ "Ibrahim Zadran makes bold statement, dedicates his POTM award to Afghanistan people sent back from Pakistan". The Economic Times. 23 October 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  26. ^ "'I said before the match that I will bat like Sachin Tendulkar': Ibrahim Zadran after scoring ton against Australia". The Times of India. 7 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  27. ^ "Afghanistan's squad for the ICC Men's T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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