Ibrahim Zadran
- Noor Ali Zadran (uncle)
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman (cousin)[1]
- Afghanistan (2019-present)
Competition | Test | ODI | T20I | FC |
---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 6 | 28 | 31 | 20 |
Runs scored | 476 | 1287 | 766 | 1276 |
Batting average | 39.66 | 51.48 | 28.28 | 38.73 |
100s/50s | 1/3 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 3/7 |
Top score | 114 | 162 | 67* | 114 |
Balls bowled | 12 | – | – | 150 |
Wickets | 1 | – | – | 3 |
Bowling average | 13.00 | – | – | 24.66 |
5 wickets in innings | 0 | – | – | 0 |
10 wickets in match | 0 | – | – | 0 |
Best bowling | 1/13 | – | – | 1/13 |
Catches/stumpings | 11/– | 9/– | 9/– | 25/– |
Ibrahim Zadran (Pashto: ابراهیم ځدراڼ; born 12 December 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019.[2]
Domestic career
He made his List A debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 August 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.[4]
In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[5]
In 2021, Ibrahim played for Boyne Hill in Berkshire. He played as an opener and scored 479 runs in 15 matches.[6]
International career
In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7] He was the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan in the tournament, with 186 runs.[8]
In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[9]
In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh.[10][11] He made his Test debut, in the one-off match against Bangladesh, on 5 September 2019.[12] The following month, he was named in Afghanistan's squads for their series against the West Indies.[13] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut, against the West Indies, on 11 November 2019.[14] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, also against the West Indies, on 14 November 2019.[15]
In December 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[16] He was the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan in the tournament, with 240 runs in five matches.[17] In June 2022, in the second match against Zimbabwe, Zadran scored his first century in ODI cricket, with an unbeaten 120 runs.[18] In November 2022, he scored his second ODI century (106), against Sri Lanka in Pallekelle.[19] He won the player of the match award. In the third match of the same series, he smashed 162 runs, breaking the record for highest score by a player from his country in this format.[20] He ended the series with 278 runs at an average of 92.66, and won the player of the series award.[21]
Six months later, in June 2023, he made 98 against Sri Lanka in the first match of the 2023 series, in Hambantota, winning the player of the match award.[22] In four innings in Sri Lanka, he has scored 106, 10, 162 and 98.
He made his World Cup debut on 7 October 2023 against Bangladesh in India in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. He scored 22 runs off 24 balls in a losing cause.[23] He played a match-winning knock against Pakistan, scoring 87 runs off 113 balls.[24] He was declared payer of the match, which he dedicated to the Afghan refugees.[25] Zadran made the highest ever score by an Afghan player in the ICC World Cup on 7 November 2023 against Australia at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai by scoring 129 runs not out from 147 balls. This was Afghanistan's first century in a World Cup game.[26]
References
- ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Ibrahim Zadran". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "4th Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 11, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Gayle, Afridi, Russell: icons in Afghanistan Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Thames Valley Cricket League - Player History". www.tvlcricket.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Afghanistan Under-19s Squad / Players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2017/18 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh at Chattogram, Sep 5-9 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Focus on youth as Afghanistan revamp squads for West Indies series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 11 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "1st T20I (N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Afghanistan U19 squad announced for ICC U19 World Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2019/20 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Bowlers, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shash help Afghanistan seal ODI series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Ibrahim, Farooqi, Naib lead Afghanistan to comfortable win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Ibrahim Zadran breaks record during epic hundred against Sri Lanka". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka 2022/23 Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Ibrahim Zadran, seamers help Afghanistan stroll to a comfortable win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Cricket scorecard - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Cricket scorecard - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 3rd Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Ibrahim Zadran makes bold statement, dedicates his POTM award to Afghanistan people sent back from Pakistan". The Economic Times. 23 October 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "'I said before the match that I will bat like Sachin Tendulkar': Ibrahim Zadran after scoring ton against Australia". The Times of India. 7 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
External links
- Ibrahim Zadran at ESPNcricinfo
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