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Shaheen Shah Afridi is a Pakistani professional cricketer who was born on April 6, 2000. He plays for the Pakistan national team and is the captain of the PSL team Lahore Qalandars. He is thought to be one of the best bowlers in all types of modern cricket around the world. Under his leadership, the Lahore Qalandars won their first PSL championship in 2022 and then won it again in 2023, making them the first team in PSL history to do so. He is the first person from Pakistan to win the Garfield Sobers trophy.

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Biography of Shaheen Afridi:

Early Life of Shaheen Afridi

Afridi is part of the Pashtun tribe of Zakhakhel Afridi. He grew up in Landi Kotal, a town in Pakistan’s Khyber District that is right next to Afghanistan. His oldest brother, Riaz Afridi, is 15 years older than him and played one Test match for Pakistan in 2004. He is the youngest of seven brothers. In Landi Kotal, Shaheen began playing cricket at the Tatara Ground, named after the nearby Tatara hills.

At the FATA Under-16 trials in 2015, Riaz Afridi taught Shaheen how to play hard-ball cricket. Before that, Shaheen had only played tennis-ball cricket. In November 2015, Shaheen went on a tour of Australia with the Under-16 team. He took four wickets, which helped the team win the One-Day and Twenty20 series by 2-1.

Domestic career of Shaheen Afridi:

In December 2016, Afridi was chosen to play for Pakistan’s Under-19 team at the 2016 Under-19 Asia Cup, which was held in Sri Lanka. In Pakistan’s first match of the U-19 Asia Cup, they beat Singapore by nine wickets. Three of his wickets cost Singapore 27 runs. Early in September 2017, Afridi signed a two-year deal with Dhaka Dynamites, one of the most important teams in the Bangladesh Premier League. Later, on September 26, 2017, he played his first game for Khan Research Laboratories in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the 2017–18 season. In the second half of the game, he got 8 wickets for 39 runs, which was the best performance by a Pakistani bowler in their first first-class match.

In July 2019, Afridi will play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the first Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the tournament was cancelled the following month. Afridi will play for Hampshire County Cricket Club in England’s 2020 t20 Blast, it was announced in December 2019. In September 2020, Hampshire confirmed that he would be playing in the 2020 T20 Blast and said that he would be free after he finished his national duties. On September 20, 2020, in the last round of group games for the t20 Blast, Afridi got a hat-trick and four wickets in four balls. He finished the game with match figures of 6/19 from his four overs, which were the best bowling figures ever in T20 cricket at the Rose Bowl.

He was named captain of the Lahore Qalandars in December 2021. The Qalandars won the PSL in 2022 while he was captain, making him the youngest captain to win a T20 league. He also finished the tournament with the most wickets.

International career of Shaheen Afridi:

In March 2018, he was put on Pakistan’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team for a series against the West Indies. On April 3, 2018, he played his first T20I for Pakistan against the West Indies. He was put on Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) team for the 2018 Asia Cup in September. On September 21, 2018, he played his first ODI for Pakistan against Afghanistan. In November 2018, he was put on the Test team for Pakistan’s series against New Zealand. On December 3, 2018, he played his first Test match for Pakistan against New Zealand.

He was put on Pakistan’s team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in April. Shaheen beat Bangladesh on July 5, 2019, and became the youngest bowler to take five wickets in a World Cup match. His final score was 6/35. This was also the best bowling performance by a Pakistani bowler in a World Cup game. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Afridi the team’s rising star after the World Cup. In the second Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in December 2019, Afridi got his first five-wicket haul.

For Pakistan’s June 2020 tour of England, he was part of a 29-member squad during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was selected to be one of 20 players on Pakistan’s team for the Test matches against England in July. In September 2021, he will represent Pakistan at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The International Cricket Council named Afridi the Cricketer of the Year in January 2022. In 36 international games in the year 2021, he took 78 wickets.

Awards:

• PCB’s most important work of the year: 2021
• 2021 ICC Cricketer of the Year for Men.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	26	33	8	154	19	6.16	396	38.89	0	0	0	22	2
ODI	36	18	11	125	23	17.86	158	79.11	0	0	0	10	5
T20I	52	10	4	48	16	8.0	40	120.0	0	0	0	4	2

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	26	44	5080	2612	104	6/51	10/94	3.09	25.12	48.85	4	1
ODI	36	35	1821	1676	70	6/35	6/35	5.52	23.94	26.01	2	0
T20I	52	52	1143	1455	64	4/22	4/22	7.64	22.73	17.86	0	0

Hendrik Erasmus “Rassie” van der Dussen, a South African professional cricket player who competes for both Gauteng and the South Africa national cricket team, was born on February 7, 1989. He was one of the five Cricketers of the Year in the 2018 South African Cricket Annual.

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Van der Dussen won the International Men’s Newcomer of the Year award at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards presentation in August 2019. He received a central contract with Cricket South Africa for the 2019–20 season later that month.

Club Career

Rassie van der Dussen has also been associated with a number of clubs. In the first season of Global T20 Canada, he was the leading scorer for the Vancouver Knights. As a result of his performance, he scored 255 runs in matches.

In the 2018 Mzansi Superleague, he again emerged as the top scorer for Jodi Stars. As a result of his 469 runs, the Jodi Stars won the inaugural season of the tournament.

He has also played for Highveld Lions and Northerns.

Domestic career of Rassie van der Dussen:

The Cape Town Knight Riders selected Van der Dussen in August 2017 in preparation for the inaugural T20 Global League. In October 2017, Cricket South Africa delayed the event to November 2018, and it was then cancelled.

With 959 runs in 10 games, van der Dussen led all scorers throughout the 2017–18 Sunfoil Series. With 348 runs in 10 matches, he tied for the most runs scored in the 2018–19 CSA T20 Challenge tournament. He was included in Gauteng’s team in April 2021, in time for the South African cricket season of 2021–2022.

T20 franchise career of Rassie van der Dussen

The Vancouver Knights selected van der Dussen in the player draft for the inaugural Global T20 Canada competition on June 3rd, 2018. With 255 runs in eight games, he led the Vancouver Knights in scoring during the tournament. He was selected for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 campaign in the same month.

During the first Mzansi Super League T20 event in October 2018, Van der Dussen was selected for the Jozi Stars team. Van der Dussen will represent the Vancouver Knights franchise side in the 2019 Global T20 Canada competition in June 2019. In September of that year, he was included on the Jozi Stars team’s roster for the 2019 Mzansi Super League. In December 2019, Islamabad United selected him as their final pick in the supplemental round of the 2020 Pakistan Super League player draft.

Van der Dussen was selected for the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots roster for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League in July of that year. Van der Dussen, however, was one of five South African cricketers who did not compete in the event as a result of not making timely travel arrangements. He was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2022 Indian Premier League auction in February of that year.

International career of Rassie van der Dussen:

Van der Dussen was selected for South Africa’s Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Zimbabwe in September 2018. On October 9, 2018, he played in his first T20I for South Africa against Zimbabwe. The South African One Day International (ODI) team against Pakistan in January 2019 included him. On January 19, 2019, he played his first ODI for South Africa against Pakistan. Van der Dussen made his ODI debut and was within seven runs of his first century. Three days later, at Kingsmead Stadium, he recorded an unbeaten 80. Over the course of the five ODIs, he scored 241 runs overall, for an average of 120.5.

Then, in March 2019, van der Dussen was kept on for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In four ODIs, he scored 112 runs, including one fifty, and concluded the series with a 56-run average. The 2019 Cricket World Cup will take place in April, and he will be part of the South African team. The South African Test team against England in December 2019 included him. On December 26, 2019, he took the field for South Africa in a Test match against England. Prior to the 2020–21 season, Cricket South Africa granted him a national contract in March 2020.

Achievements of Rassie van der Dussen:

In January 2022, he won the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year award for calendar year 2021.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	18	32	2	905	98	30.17	2221	40.75	0	0	6	101	4
ODI	45	40	11	1757	134	60.59	1959	89.69	4	0	11	129	30
T20I	41	37	8	1044	94	36.0	811	128.73	0	0	7	66	45
IPL	3	3	1	22	12	11.0	24	91.67	0	0	0	2	0

Bowling Career Summary

M

Inn

B

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Econ

Avg

SR

5W

10W

Test

18

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–

–

–

–

–

–

ODI

45

1

6

3

1

1/3

1/3

3.0

3.0

6.0

0

0

T20I

41

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

IPL

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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Is Rassie van der Dussen a good batsman?

In terms of churning out runs, there is absolutely no comparison. It can be argued that Van der Dussen is the best in the world at it as well. Across 34 innings, the right-handed batter has 1,674 runs at an average of 69.75. That’s incredible.

The Pakistani cricket player Naseem Abbas Shah was born on February 15, 2003. He was called up to the Pakistan cricket team in October 2019, when he was 16 years old, for their Test series against Australia. Naseem played his first game for Pakistan against Australia in November 2019. He was the ninth-youngest player to play his first Test match. In December 2019, he took five wickets in the second Test match against Sri Lanka. This made him the second-youngest bowler to do so and the youngest pace bowler to do so. In the first Test against Bangladesh in February 2020, he became the youngest bowler to get a hat-trick.

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Domestic career of Naseem Shah:

Sulaman Qadir coached Naseem after he played tape-ball cricket in Lower Dir for a few years. He was picked for the Pakistan Under-16 team at the age of 14 and the Lahore Under-16 team at the age of 13. On September 1, 2018, he played his first game for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2018–19. On October 16, 2018, he played his first game in List A for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup.

He was put on Central Punjab’s team for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament in September 2019. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chose him as one of six players to watch. Before the 2019–20 National T20 Cup in October 2019. On October 13, 2019, he played his first Twenty20 game for Central Punjab in the 2019–20 National T20 Cup. On September 15, 2021, Naseem Shah took the two wickets that helped St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots win their first Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title.

In January 2022, he signed a contract with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club to play domestic tournaments in England. In April 2022, the Welsh Fire bought him for the 2022 season of the English show The Hundred. Shah, however, couldn’t play for a month because he hurt his shoulder in his first game for Gloucestershire.

International career of Naseem Shah:

In October 2019, he was put on the Test team for Pakistan’s series against Australia. In November 2019, he played for Pakistan against Australia A in a three-day warm-up match. On November 21, 2019, he played his first Test match for Pakistan, which was against Australia. Many experienced cricketers, like former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis and former England captain Michael Vaughan, liked his first game. The 16-year-old hit 147 km/h (91.3 mph) in his first over, which impressed Vaughan. He was selected for Pakistan’s two-match Test series against Sri Lanka the following month.

He got his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket in the second game. At 16 years and 307 days old, he was the youngest fast bowler to get five wickets in a Test match and the second youngest bowler overall to do so. In June 2020, he was selected as one of 29 members of Pakistan’s 29-member squad to tour England during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pakistan selected him as one of 20 players to play against England in July. As of August 21, he is also a member of Pakistan’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team, which is also playing England in a series. A 35-member Pakistani tour to New Zealand was scheduled for November 2020, and he was selected to participate. It was his privilege to travel to Sri Lanka with the Pakistan Shaheens.

In December 2022, Pakistan invited New Zealand to visit. As of January 2023, he is a member of the ODI squad. Naseem got his second consecutive five-wicket haul in ODIs.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	16	22	8	102	18	7.29	345	29.57	0	0	0	14	4
ODI	8	2	1	3	3	3.0	11	27.27	0	0	0	0	0
T20I	19	7	3	25	14	6.25	21	119.05	0	0	0	1	2

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	16	26	2666	1640	45	5/31	5/81	3.69	36.44	59.24	1	0
ODI	8	8	438	346	23	5/33	5/33	4.74	15.04	19.04	2	0
T20I	19	19	427	520	15	2/7	2/7	7.31	34.67	28.47	0	0

BATTING CAREER SUMMARY

	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	100s	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
TEST	16	8	102	18	7	29.57	0	0	14	4	5	0
ODI	8	1	3	3	3	27.27	0	0	0	0	1	0
T20	19	3	25	14	6	119.05	0	0	1	2	1	0

BOWLING CAREER SUMMARY

	MAT	Wkts	AVG	ECON	Best	5w	10w
TEST	16	45	36.44	3.69	31/5	1	0
ODI	8	23	15.04	4.74	33/5	2	0
T20	19	15	34.67	7.31	7/2	0	0

Mukesh Kumar is an Indian cricketer who was born on October 12, 1993. He plays for the Bengal team. Mukesh plays right-arm pace for Bengal in domestic tournaments. It’s been quite some time since he was a member of the national team. During the ODI series against South Africa last September, Mukesh got his first India call-up. He was selected to play against Sri Lanka in a T20I series in December, 2022.

Biography of Mukesh Kumar:

Early Life of Mukesh Kumar

Mukesh Kumar was born on October 12, 1993. He was born in Kakarkund, which is in the Bihar district of Gopalganj. In 2012, his father told him he had to move to Kolkata, where he ran a taxi business.

Domestic career of Mukesh Kumar:

Mukesh Kumar is another fast bowler who has come up recently in India. He is a fast right-handed bowler who worked his way up through the domestic cricket ranks. In 2014, he played his first game for Bengal against Haryana. In the same year, he also played his first List a game. Kumar worked on himself and did well for Bengal, especially in the Ranji Trophy.

He played in his first first-class game on October 30, 2015, in the Ranji Trophy for 2015–16. On December 13, 2015, in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he played in his first List a match. He played his first Twenty20 game in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on January 6, 2016. During the 2020–21 season, he broke through when he took 20 wickets in nine innings and helped Bengal get to the final. But over time, he slowly learned new ways to bowl and changed his style to fit the limited-overs format.

He went back to Bengal for the quarterfinals, and in the first innings against Jharkhand, he took three wickets. Delhi also bought Kumar for the Indian T20 League in 2023. Kumar has been around the national team for a while, and with his skills, it doesn’t seem like long before he makes his debut.

International career: of Mukesh Kumar

He joined the Indian cricket team for the first time in September 2022, when they played South Africa in an ODI series. In December 2022, he was chosen for the Indian cricket team to play against Sri Lanka in a Twenty20 International (T20I) series. In June 2023, he was put on the Indian team for the West Indies tour in all three formats.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
IPL	10	3	3	7	6	0.0	9	77.78	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling Career Summary

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Inn

B

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Econ

Avg

SR

5W

10W

Test

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

IPL

10

10

186

326

7

2/30

2/30

10.52

46.57

26.57

0

0

Cricket player Keshav Atmanand Maharaj is from South Africa and was born on February 7, 1990. In Twenty20 international (T20I), ODI, and Test cricket, Maharaj competes for the South African national side. He presently serves as the team’s deputy captain in limited-overs cricket. In November 2016, he earned his Test debut after making his first-class cricket debut in 2006.

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He plays lower-order cricket for the Dolphins and KwaZulu-Natal as a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Maharaj took a hat-trick in a Test match in June 2021, becoming just the second bowler for South Africa to do so. He led South Africa for the first time as captain in the second ODI matchup with Sri Lanka in September 2021. Maharaj made his Twenty20 International debut in September 2021 against Sri Lanka while captaining the group.

Biography of Keshav Maharaj:

Early life of Keshav Maharaj:

Atmanand and Kanchan Mala welcomed Keshav into the world on the Durban beach. His ancestors came to Durban in 1874 from Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Domestic career of Keshav Maharaj:

At the age of 16, Maharaj made his first-class debut for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2006–07 season. In 2009–10, he received a promotion to the Dolphins squad. In two four-day matches against the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy in April and May 2010, Maharaj traveled to Bangladesh with the South Africa Academy and claimed 13 wickets. He opened the bowling and finished with 4 for 12 off of four overs. In 2010–2011, he competed for South Africa A against a visiting Bangladesh A side.

The 2012–13 season, when Maharaj amassed 481 first-class runs at an average of 48.10, including two hundred, was his finest batting campaign to date. He scored 114 unanswered points off 119 balls for KwaZulu-Natal versus Northerns, and he finished the game with 5 for 12. Maharaj recorded his best innings and match totals to that point for the Dolphins against the Cape Cobras in 2014–15: 6 for 58 and 10 for 145. He was named the game’s man of the match after the Dolphins triumphed. He had 44 first-class wickets with an average of 26.18 at the end of the season.

Maharaj was selected to the Durban Heat team’s roster in September 2019 in preparation for the Mzansi Super League competition. He was included in the KwaZulu-Natal team in April 2021, in time for the South African cricket season of 2021–2022. Maharaj registered with Middlesex on an international basis for the Vitality t20 Blast and the LV= County Championship on February 27, 2023. He later had to leave the game because of an Achilles tendon injury.

International career of Keshav Maharaj:

Maharaj was included in the South Africa team in October 2016 for their series against Australia. On November 3, 2016, he faced off against the Australians in his first Test match. By taking three key wickets, he contributed to the Australian batting order’s first-innings collapse. At Perth, he was the first specialist spinner to play in a Test match. Maharaj received the International Newcomer of the Year award from Cricket South Africa in May 2017. He claimed his 50th test wicket in the opening match against Bangladesh in October 2017.

Maharaj recorded his greatest Test bowling stats in an innings of 9 for 129 during the second Test match against Sri Lanka in July 2018, as well as the best bowling figures ever recorded by a visiting bowler during a Test inning in Sri Lanka. He also had the greatest bowling statistics for a South African during a Test innings in Asia. After Rangana Herath, he became the second left-arm spinner to get nine wickets in a test innings.

During the fourth day of the second Test of South Africa’s tour of the West Indies, Maharaj recorded South Africa’s second-ever Test hat-trick, and the nation’s first since Geoff Griffin at Lord’s in 1960. Maharaj was selected for South Africa’s team for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup despite having no T20I experience in September 2021. As the team’s captain, he made his T20I debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on September 10, 2021, and took a wicket with his first T20I ball. After South Africa lost the ODI series to Sri Lanka 2-1, he also assisted South Africa in winning the series 3-0.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	49	78	6	1129	84	15.68	1873	60.28	0	0	5	135	22
ODI	27	13	2	159	28	14.45	167	95.21	0	0	0	21	1
T20I	25	6	1	69	41	13.8	64	107.81	0	0	0	5	4

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	49	83	9575	5055	158	9/129	12/283	3.17	31.99	60.6	9	1
ODI	27	26	1345	1074	29	3/25	3/25	4.79	37.03	46.38	0	0
T20I	25	25	503	605	22	2/21	2/21	7.22	27.5	22.86	0	0

Where is Keshav Maharaj from India?

Keshav Atmanand Maharaj, born on February 7, 1990, is an Indian spin specialist for South Africa. He plays for the SA national team in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is. Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh is where his forefathers came from. Later, they moved to Durban, where Keshav was born.

South African cricketer Heinrich Klaasen, who was born on July 30, 1991, competes for his country’s cricket team. He was a member of the 2015 Africa T20 Cup cricket team for Northerns. Klaasen led South Africa for the first time in a T20I match in February 2021. In a game against the West Indies on March 21, 2023, Klaasen earned his second ODI century in 54 balls.

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Domestic Career of Heinrich Klaasen:

Nelson Mandela Bay Stars selected Klaasen for their team in August 2017 in preparation for the inaugural T20 Global League season. As a result, Cricket South Africa delayed the event until November 2018, and then cancelled it. In place of Steve Smith, Klaasen joined the Rajasthan Royals of the Indian Premier League on April 2. In June 2018, Klaasen was added to the Titans’ club roster for the 2018–19 season. Durban Heat included him in its team for the first Mzansi Super League T20 event in October 2018.

As a preparation for Mzansi Super League, Klaasen joined the Tshwane Spartans roster in September 2019. Prior to the 2020 IPL auction, the Royal Challengers Bangalore released him. Klaasen might develop into South Africa’s MS Dhoni, according to Shukri Conrad, a coach at Cricket South Africa’s National Academy. He stated in September 2015, “Heinrich maintains extreme composure in the circumstance. Klaasen was included in the Northerns squad in April 2021, just before the South African cricket season of 2021–2022. Sunrisers Hyderabad purchased him so that he could compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League.

International Career of Heinrich Klaasen:

Klaasen did not play in South Africa’s Test series against New Zealand in February 2017. During South Africa’s series against India in February 2018, Klaasen replaced an injured Quinton de Kock. On February 7, 2018, he played against India in his first ODI. In his second ODI, the fourth ODI of the home series against India, he scored the game-winning 43 runs off 27 balls to claim his first international man of the match award.

As a member of South Africa’s Test team in February 2018, Klaasen did not participate in the series against Australia. He replaced the injured Rudi Second in South Africa’s Test team in August 2019 for their series against India. On October 19, 2019, he took the field for South Africa in a Test match against India. In an ODI match against Australia on February 29, 2020, Klaasen earned his first ODI century, going unbeaten at 123.

A T20I match against Pakistan will be played by Klaasen in January 2021. In April 2021, Klaasen was once again appointed South Africa’s T20I captain after Temba Bavuma retired due to injury. This time for their home series against Pakistan. In September 2021, Klaasen will represent South Africa in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	4	8	0	104	35	13.0	230	45.22	0	0	0	11	0
ODI	36	33	6	1080	123	40.0	1032	104.65	2	0	5	101	25
T20I	41	37	7	710	81	23.67	479	148.23	0	0	4	58	32
IPL	19	17	3	514	104	36.71	310	165.81	1	0	2	37	26

Bowling Career Summary

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B

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Econ

Avg

SR

5W

10W

Test

4

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ODI

36

2

30

33

0

0/14

0/14

6.6

0.0

0.0

0

0

T20I

41

1

6

14

0

0/14

0/14

14.0

0.0

0.0

0

0

IPL

19

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–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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–

Afghan cricketer Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai was born on July 25, 1992. Right-handed batter Ahmadzai also bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in the province of Laghman. In June 2018, when Afghanistan played India in its first-ever Test match, he was one of the eleven cricketers that took the pitch and recorded Afghanistan’s maiden Test wicket.

Cricket Career of Yamin Ahmadzai:

At the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, Ahmadzai made his debut for the Afghanistan Under-19s against the India Under-19s in a Youth One Day International. In that matchup, he played in two more Youth One Day Internationals, losing to Papua New Guinea Under-19s and Hong Kong Under-19s. Additionally, he represented the Under-19s in Ireland’s 2011 Under-19 World Cup qualifier, which enabled Afghanistan to advance to the 2012 main event.

International T20 career of Yamin Ahmadzai

He played his first Twenty20 match for the Afghan Cheetahs against Multan Tigers in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup later that year. In the Cheetahs’ innings, he scored an undefeated solitary run. While in the Tigers’ innings, he bowled just one over and gave up 17 runs.

ODI career of Yamin Ahmadzai

On November 29, 2015, he made his Afghanistan Twenty20 debut against Oman. On December 25, 2015, he played in his first One Day International for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe. In the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he also competes for the Pakistani team Habib Bank Limited in first-class cricket.

Test cricket career of Yamin Ahmadzai

He was included in the Afghanistan team for their first-ever Test match against India in May 2018. On June 14, 2018, he played his first Test for Afghanistan against India. Just after midday on the opening day, he dismissed Shikhar Dhawan to record Afghanistan’s maiden Test wicket. He was included in the Afghanistan Test team in February 2019 for their one-off match against Ireland in India.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	6	11	0	33	18	3.0	108	30.56	0	0	0	3	2
ODI	9	5	2	9	5	3.0	32	28.12	0	0	0	0	0
T20I	2	1	1	1	1	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	6	11	669	364	13	3/41	6/93	3.26	28.0	51.46	0	0
ODI	9	8	340	304	7	2/34	2/34	5.36	43.43	48.57	0	0
T20I	2	2	43	65	5	3/34	3/34	9.07	13.0	8.6	0	0

Temba Bavuma, a South African cricketer who competes internationally, was born on May 17, 1990. He now serves as Test and ODI cricket team captain and formerly captained the T20I team. He bats with his right hand and was the first black cricketer from Africa to score a century in a Test match for South Africa and to lead the team. Bavuma scored 113 runs against Ireland in September 2016, becoming one of only three South African cricketers to do so on their ODI debut.

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Biography of Temba Bavuma:

Early life of Temba Bavuma

Bavuma, Thami Tsolekile, and Malusi Siboto all grew up in Langa, where there is a strong cricket culture. Bavuma attended South African College Junior School in Newlands and St David’s Marist Inanda, a boy’s high school in Sandton.

Domestic career of Temba Bavuma:

In 2008 Bavuma make his professional debut in Gauteng versus Eastern Province. He briefly partnered colleague Dane Vilas to his best first-class score while batting in the middle order, scoring four runs in the first inning. In the 2010–11 campaign, Bavuma made his franchise debut for the Lions. In this debut season of the Supersport Series, he scored 242 runs in 4 games at an average of 60.50, including a total of 124 not out against the Knights that earned him man of the match honors. He made 637 runs with an average of 53.08 during his second Supersport season in 2011–12.

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He has played in five matches for the South Africa A cricket team as a result of these efforts. The first was in Durban in July 2012 against Sri Lanka A. During the A side’s trip of the nation in August of that year, he also participated in a game against Ireland. He didn’t contribute significantly to either of those two games. His subsequent outings for the A side were in a series of games between South Africa A and the Indian and Australian A teams that were held in South Africa. He faced India twice and Australia once.

He was included in the Gauteng team for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup in September of that year. Bavuma was included in the Durban Heat team for the first Mzansi Super League T20 event the following month. The Jozi Stars team included him on their roster for the 2019 Mzansi Super League competition in September. He was included in Gauteng’s team in April 2021, in time for the South African cricket season of 2021–2022. A franchise did not select Bavuma in the September 2022 auction for the inaugural SA20 League.

International career of Temba Bavuma:

On December 26, 2014, Bavuma made his Test debut for South Africa against the West Indies. Bavuma was the first black cricketer for South Africa to get a Test century on January 5, 2016. In the second Test of the 2015–16 England series, he hit an undefeated 102 at the Cape Town Cricket Ground. On September 25, 2016, Bavuma played in his first One Day International for South Africa against Ireland and got his first ODI century. He replaced Hashim Amla, who was present for the birth of his child, opening the batting alongside Quinton de Kock. He was the second player for South Africa to achieve a century in their first ODI, and he was voted player of the game for his efforts.

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Bavuma got the Award of Excellence at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards ceremony in May 2017. Bavuma was selected for the South Africa Twenty20 International (T20I) team in August 2019 for their series against India. On September 18, 2019, he played for South Africa in his first T20I match against India.

Bavuma replaced Quinton de Kock as captain of South Africa’s limited over side on March 4, 2021. His appointment as South Africa’s permanent captain made him the first black African to hold the position. The first series Bavuma led was against Pakistan at home. He suffered a hamstring injury in the third ODI and was sidelined for the series’ T20Is as a result.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	56	97	12	2997	172	35.26	6206	48.29	2	0	20	361	7
ODI	26	25	2	1150	144	50.0	1255	91.63	4	0	3	104	16
T20I	33	32	3	635	72	21.9	547	116.09	0	0	1	56	15

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	56	5	96	61	1	1/29	1/29	3.81	61.0	96.0	0	0
ODI	26	1	37	22	0	0/22	0/22	3.57	0.0	0.0	0	0
T20I	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

South African cricketer Quinton de Kock, who was the Proteas’ three-format former captain, was born on December 17, 1992. At the 2017 Annual Awards ceremony for Cricket South Africa, he was named Cricketer of the Year.

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In the opening game of South Africa’s domestic Twenty20 International series against the visiting New Zealanders during the 2012–13 season, De Kock made his debut for his country. In place of AB de Villiers, who requested a break, he was instructed to keep wickets. Since then, he has consistently participated for the team in Twenty20 International (T20I) and One Day International (ODI) competitions. He also played only as a batsman in his debut Test for South Africa in February 2014.

Biography of Quinton de Kock:

Early career of Quinton de Kock

De Kock attended Johannesburg’s, King Edward VII School. He used to play for the affiliated club Old Eds after being discovered as a talented young player. He contributed 95 runs off 131 balls in South Africa’s opening game against Bangladesh in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which the team won by 133 runs. De Kock made 126 from 106 balls in the second game against Namibia, which South Africa won by a score of 209 runs. He only scored 7 runs in the quarterfinal game against England, but he did well as the wicketkeeper, recording five dismissals (two stumping and three catches). De Kock finished the competition with 284 runs overall, good for fourth place.

Domestic career of Quinton de Kock:

De Kock, a Johannesburg native who made his senior squad debut for Gauteng in 2009–10 at the age of 16, went on to play for his country’s under-19 side in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup. He was included in the Northern squad in April 2021, in time for the South African cricket season of 2021–2022.

Sunrisers Hyderabad acquired De Kock in the 2013 player auction, but he did not perform well. He joined the Delhi Daredevils in 2014 and played for them until the 2017 season, compiling a century in 2016. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchased him in the 2018 auction, and he played for the Mumbai Indians in 2019. During their championship-winning season, he was the team’s leading run-scorer. Southern Brave selected him in the 2021 draught for The Hundred. As a Southern Brave, he scored 202 runs in nine games.

Lucknow Super Giants purchased de Kock at the IPL auction for 2022. On May 18, 2022, against the Kolkata Knight Riders, he earned his second IPL century, scoring 140 runs in 70 balls. He was purchased by the Southern Brave in April 2022 in preparation for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.

International career of Quinton de Kock:

ODI cricket career of Quinton de Kock

The first time De Kock played for South Africa against New Zealand at T20 level was on December 21, 2012. The hosts quickly chased it down with 8 wickets left after South Africa smashed New Zealand and had them all out for only 86. De Kock made a good first impression by batting an unbeaten 28 off 23 while chasing in his debut. In addition, he handled two catches and held the wicket. De Kock played in his first ODI for South Africa against New Zealand at Boland Park Stadium in Paarl, South Africa.

De Kock scored 135 points against India on December 5 in Johannesburg, his home field. In one-day international cricket, he received his first-ever “Man of the Match” award for his innings, which helped the side defeat India by 141 runs. In the subsequent encounter in Durban against the same side, he followed up his effort with another consecutive ODI century. Together with teammate Hashim Amla, who also got a century in the same game, they set a record-breaking opening stand of 194 runs in Durban. He scored 106 runs in that game.

He was included in South Africa’s team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in April 2019. De Kock was identified by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the squad for South Africa’s most important player. He scored 68 points in the World Cup’s inaugural game against England. In the end, he scored 305 runs in 8 games, including three half-centuries. On February 4, 2020, De Kock hit his 15th ODI century during a home ODI series against England. Becoming the second-fastest South African to achieve 5,000 ODI runs.

Test cricket career of Quinton de Kock

De Kock made his Test debut for South Africa in February 2014 against Australia at St George’s Oval in Port Elizabeth. Making seven runs in the first innings and 34 runs in the second.

De Kock was summoned back into the Test team for the second Test in January 2016 as South Africa was behind in the home Test series against England. He took over the keeper’s gloves from AB de Villiers but failed to perform. Due to a bizarre injury. He sustained at home the day before the third Test, he was replaced by Dane Vilas at the eleventh hour. He was once more chosen for the fourth and final Test, where he recorded his first Test century with a score of 129 not out while batting at position number seven. De Kock became the tour’s fastest player to score 10 ODI centuries. In his 55th encounter, he finished off his tenth century.

During his career-high 141 not out against the West Indies on June 12, 2021, Quinton de Kock, a wicketkeeper for the South Africa club, joined Mark Boucher in reaching 3,000 runs in Test cricket. De Kock declared his departure from Test cricket on December 30, 2021.

T20I cricket career

South Africa and Australia engaged in a three-match Twenty20 series in March 2014. Despite South Africa losing the series 0-2, De Kock was named the “Player of the Series” in the competition. De Kock excelled in this format in the 2019–2020 season, scoring 4 half-centuries. De Kock was picked to South Africa’s team in September 2021 in preparation for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

He recorded his first century in T20I cricket on March 26, 2023, during the second T20I match against the West Indies. He hit his 50 in the fewest balls—just 15—of any South African cricketer’s career.

Personal life:

In September 2016, De Kock wed Sasha Hurly, his girlfriend. A daughter was delivered to them in January 2022.

Records:

• Fastest South African to 1,000 runs in an ODI.
• The wicketkeeper who made 150 Test dismissals was the quickest in terms of matches (35).
• The fastest wicketkeeper (47) to reach 200 dismissals in Test matches, breaking Adam Gilchrist’s previous mark.
• The quickest South African to reach 50 in a T20 match (15 balls).

Batting and Bowling Stats of de Kock:

Batting Career Summary of de Kock

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	54	91	6	3300	141	38.82	4652	70.94	6	0	22	411	33
ODI	140	140	7	5966	178	44.86	6209	96.09	17	0	29	687	93
T20I	80	79	9	2277	100	32.53	1658	137.33	1	0	14	235	86
IPL	96	96	6	2907	140	32.3	2166	134.21	2	0	20	287	114

Bowling Career Summary

M

Inn

B

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Econ

Avg

SR

5W

10W

Test

54

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ODI

140

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T20I

80

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IPL

96

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Zahir Khan, an Afghan cricket player, was born on December 20, 1998. In September 2019, he made his Test debut for the Afghanistan cricket team. On November 21, 2015, he made his Afghanistan first-class debut against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup. He participated in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the Afghanistan U-19 team.

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Biography of Zahir Khan:

Domestic career of Zahir Khan

On August 10, 2017, he made his List A debut for the Band-e-Amir Region during the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament. With twelve dismissals, he shared the tournament’s top wicket-taking honors with Karim Janat. On September 12, 2017, he played his first Twenty20 match for Mis Ainak Knights in the Shpageeza Cricket League.

He switched to Lancashire in England in August 2018 for the remainder of the campaign. With thirty dismissals in five games, he has the most wickets taken in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament.

T20 franchise career of Zahir Khan

He was included on Nangarhar’s roster for the inaugural Afghanistan Premier League competition in September 2018. Following the Bangladesh Premier League draught for the 2018–19 season, he was selected for the Khulna Titans side in October 2018.

He joined the Indian Premier League’s Rajasthan Royals in 2018, but was forced to miss the entire season due to injury. Zahir signed with the Brisbane Heat for the Big Bash League for the 2019–20 season after playing for the Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League in 2019. He said, “This is a really exciting thing for me, especially to be joining the team where my good friend Mujeeb played last year. He raved about the Brisbane Heat, so I’m really looking forward to this challenge. The Heat’s head coach, Darren Lehmann, had this to say about his time with the team: “On behalf of the club, we really wish Tom and Zahir all the best for what lies ahead with their cricket as they both have enormous potential… “ He did not resign with the Heat for the ensuing season.

We were thrilled to have them on the squad and it was terrific to see them showcase their talent. We sincerely hope they learned a lot from the experience. He stated, “I’m really looking forward to playing for the Stars during this BBL season,” after he joined with the Melbourne Stars for the 2020–21 Big Bash season. I’d want to thank the club for providing me the opportunity to be a part of the squad because it appears to be strong. Together, I have no doubt that we can have a fantastic season.

International career of Zahir Khan:

Afghanistan selected him for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in December 2017. Rajasthan Royals acquired Zahir during the 2018 IPL auction in January 2018. In December 2018, he was selected for Afghanistan’s under-23 squad for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. In May 2018, Afghanistan played their first-ever Test match against India. However, he was not selected for the program.

As part of the Afghan cricket team against Ireland in February 2019, Zahir played both One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). On March 10, 2019, he played his first ODI for Afghanistan against Ireland. He was included in Afghanistan’s Test squad for the one-off match against Ireland after the ODI series was over, however he did not participate.

He was included in the Afghanistan Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh in August 2019. On September 5, 2019, he played in his first Afghanistan Test against Bangladesh. He was a reserve player for Afghanistan’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team for their series against Zimbabwe in May 2022. On February 19, 2023, he played his first T20 International for Afghanistan against UAE.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

M

Inn

NO

Runs

HS

Avg

BF

SR

100

200

50

4s

6s

Test

4

8

4

4

4

1.0

36

11.11

0

0

0

1

0

ODI

1

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1

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Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	4	6	570	449	10	3/59	3/105	4.73	44.9	57.0	0	0
ODI	1	1	60	55	2	2/55	2/55	5.5	27.5	30.0	0	0
T20I	1	1	6	14	0	0/14	0/14	14.0	0.0	0.0	0	0