Nijat Masood (born 30 December 1998) is an Afghan cricketer, who mainly plays as a right-arm medium bowler. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in June 2022.[1]

Nijat Masood
Personal information
Born (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25)
Kabul, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 26)14 June 2023 v Bangladesh
Last Test2 February 2024 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 46)11 June 2022 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I14 June 2022 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentMis Ainak Region (squad no. 99)
Source: Cricinfo, 14 June 2023
Medal record
Representing  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team

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 10 August 2017.[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3]

He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 20 October 2017, taking six wickets for 55 runs in the first innings.[4]

In July 2018, he was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with thirteen dismissals in five matches.[5] In September 2018, he was named in Kabul's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[6]

He made his Twenty20 debut for the Boost Defenders in the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy on 5 October 2018.[7] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup, with seventeen dismissals in five matches.[8] In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[9] Following a strong performance in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad, for their one-off match against the West Indies.[10]

In February 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh.[11] In May 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's T20I squad for their series against Zimbabwe,[12] and as a reserve in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for the same tour.[13] He made his T20I debut on 11 June 2022, for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe.[14]

He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Bangladesh, on 14 June 2023.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Nijat Masood". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ "2nd Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. ^ "1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Oct 20-23 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "APL 2018: All you need to know". Crictracker. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  7. ^ "4th Match, Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy at Abu Dhabi, Oct 5 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Provincial Challenge Cup (Grade I), 2019: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan Emerging travels to Bangladesh for Asia Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Hamza, Nijat in Afghanistan squad for West Indies Test". SportStar. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Nabi included in ODI squad for Bangladesh series". CricBuzz. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Afghanistan call up Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar for ODIs in Zimbabwe; Gulbadin dropped". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Zia-ur-Rehman gets maiden call-up in Afghanistan squad for Zimbabwe ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  14. ^ "1st T20I, Harare, June 11, 2022, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Only Test, Mirpur, June 14 - 18, 2023, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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