Personal

Name

Mohammad Shahzad
Full Name

Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi
Country

Afghanistan
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

January 31, 1988

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Active/Retired

Active
Role

Wicketkeeper Right-handed batsman
Level

National, International
Teams

Afghanistan, Boost Defenders, Band-e-Amir Dragons, Kabul Eagles, Speen Ghar Tigers, Rangpur Riders, Chittagong Vikings, Pakita Panthers, Habib Bank Limited, Peshawar Zalmi, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Profile

Mohammad Shahzad is an Afghan professional cricketer, who plays from the national side of Afghanistan since 2009. He used to play for Boost Defenders and Band-e-Amir both teams in first-class cricket at domestic level. Apart from that, he also plays for several Super League franchises for different countries like BPL, APL, PSL, etc. Shahzad is a wicketkeeper-batsman and plays as an opening right-handed batsman in all formats of the game.

After playing a few first-class matches, Shahzad got a chance to represent the national team of Afghanistan in 2008 international cricket tournament. After this, he played for Afghanistan in 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier match and led his squad to gain the ODI status in world cricket with his glorious innings. He has been a regular member of the national cricket team of Afghanistan since then.

He is an adept top-order batsman with power hitting style and played numbers of first-class, List-A, Super Leagues, Premier Leagues, and Twenty20 matches in his career, besides international tournaments. He was named in the Afghanistan team for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

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Career Information

Debut Test Match: at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Vs India on 14th of June in 2018

Last Test Match: at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Vs Ireland on 15th of March in 2019

Debut ODI Match: at VRA Ground Stadium Vs Netherlands on 30th of August in 2009

Last ODI: at Civil Service Cricket Club Stadium Vs Ireland on 21st of May in 2019

Debut T20I Match: at P Sara Oval Stadium Vs Ireland on 1st of February in 2010

Last T20I Match: at Bready Cricket Club Stadium Vs Ireland on 22nd of August in 2018

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 69 runs in 2 matches in 1 year of Test career at an average of 17.25 and strike rate of 51.88 (as on June 1st, 2019)
  • He has scored 2756 runs in 83 matches in 10 years of ODI career at an average of 34.45 and strike rate of 89.34 including 6 hundreds and 14 fifties (as on June 1st, 2019)
  • He has scored 1860 runs in 64 matches in 8 years of T20I career at an average of 30.49 and strike rate of 134.01 including 1 hundred and 11 fifties (as on June 1st, 2019)

Wicket Keeping Career:

  • He has 62 catches and 25 stumpings in 83 matches in 10 years of ODI career (as on June 1st, 2019)
  • He has 26 catches, 28 stumpings, and 4 run outs in 64 matches in 8 years of T20I career (as on June 1st, 2019)
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • Most T20I Player of the Match awards by an affiliate member
  • Second highest scorer in T20Is by an associate cricketer
  • ICC’s Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year 2016
  • The first cricketer in history to score two half-centuries in two separate International matches on the same day
  • Most dismissals as a wicket-keeper in a T20I match