Hashmatullah Shahidi (Pashto: حشمت الله شاهدي; born 4 November 1994) is an Afghan cricketer and currently the captain of Afghanistan national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) and Test cricket. He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan against Kenya in October 2013.[1] Shahidi was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018. He became the first Afghan player to score a test double hundred when he scored 200 not out against Zimbabwe on 11 March 2021.[2]
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| Born | 4 November 1994 Logar, Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 3) | 14 June 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 3 March 2024 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 37) | 2 October 2013 v Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 November 2024 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 32) | 30 September 2013 v Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 11 August 2022 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editIn the final of the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, batting for Band-e-Amir Region against Speen Ghar Region, he scored 163 runs in the first innings.[3] He hit his first international six in the ODI series against Ireland in Ireland in May 2019, having previously scored 865 runs without hitting a six in an ODI.
In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India.[4][5] He made his Test debut against India, on 14 June 2018.[6] He top scored in the second innings of the match with an unbeaten 36, albeit in a losing cause. Afghanistan lost the one-sided Test within two days.[7] In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.[8][9]
On 11 March 2021 he became the first Afghan player to score a test double hundred when he scored 200 not out in Afghanistan's first innings total of 545 for 4 in the Test against Zimbabwe.[10]
In April 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[11][12] On 18 June 2019, in the match against England, Hashmatullah scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.[13]
In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[14]
In October 2023, he was named the captain of Afghanistan for the ODI Cricket World Cup.[15] He managed to score just 18 runs in the first game of the tournament against Bangladesh.[16] He played a brilliant inning against India scoring 80 runs off 88 balls.[17] Shahidi played another splendid knock against Pakistan to see his team home by scoring 48 not out off just 45 balls.[18] He was at his best against Sri Lanka, as he scored a half century in a must-win game.[19] He came to bat when Afghanistan were 73-2 and remained not out till the end of the match along with Azmatullah.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Hashmatullah Shahidi–Cricket Players and Officials–ESPN Cricinfo". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Asghar Afghan sacked as Afghanistan opt for split captaincy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Final, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Dec 19-23 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14-18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "IND vs AFG, AFG in INDIA 2018, Only Test at Bengaluru, June 14 - 15, 2018 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hashmatullah Shahidi gets to landmark 200 before Afghanistan declare". ESPNcricinfo. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Hamid Hassan picked in Afghanistan's World Cup squad; Naib to captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Asghar Afghan included in Gulbadin Naib-led World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Demoralised Afghanistan face daunting task against upbeat India". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan steps down as Afghanistan captain over team selection". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "All the squads for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Cricket scorecard - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Cricket scorecard - India vs Afghanistan, 9th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Cricket scorecard - Pakistan vs Afghanistan, 22nd Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Cricket scorecard - Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, 30th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Cricket scorecard - Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, 30th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 31 October 2023.