Mohammad Shahzad
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| Full name | Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
31 January 1988 Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan |
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| Nickname | MS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 14) | 30 August 2009 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 24 March 2017 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 6) | 1 February 2010 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 12 March 2017 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Rangpur Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi (born 31 January 1988) is an Afghan cricketer who is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper. Shahzad represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Known as a hard big hitter for the ball, Shahzad has the most number of Twenty20 International Player of the match awards by an associate member with 10 T20I Player of the match awards, and holds the record for the most scores of 50 or more in T20I by an associate player as well. He is the highest run scorer for all associate nations.
With 118 not out against Zimbabwe on 10 January 2016, Shahzad recorded the second highest individual score from an Associate nation in T20Is and sixth highest of all time. He also entered the ICC's top 10 batsmen in T20I cricket in eighth place, following his performance.
Shahzad played in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers, where Afghanistan gained ODI status. In August 2009, Shazad made his first-class debut against a Zimbabwe XI.
During Afghanistan's tour to the Netherlands in 2009, Shahzad made Afghan cricketing history by becoming the first Afghan to score a century in a One Day International match, scoring 110 runs as Afghanistan won the match by 6 wickets.
In January 2010, Shahzad played a key role in Afghanistan's win over Ireland, with scores of 88 in Afghanistan's first-innings and an unbeaten 42 to lead Afghanistan to a 7 wicket victory.
In February 2010, Shahzad made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland, which Afghanistan lost by 5 wickets. Later in February, aged 18, Shahzad became the first Afghan to score a first-class double century when he scored 214* in Afghanistan's successful chase of 494 runs to beat Canada in the Intercontinental Cup.
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