List of Afghanistan national cricket captains

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This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Afghanistan in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day International.

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Men's cricket

Test captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Afghanistan cricket team for at least one Test match.

A cricketer who has a symbol of next to a Test match series describes their role as captain and their participation in at least one game for the team.

Afghanistan Test match captains [1] [2]
No.NameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1 Asghar Afghan 2018 Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg India1010
2018–19 Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Flag of India.svg India1100
2020–21 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE2110
Total4220
2 Rashid Khan 2019–20 Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh1100
2019–20 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of India.svg India1010
Total2110
3 Hashmatullah Shahidi 2023 Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1010
2023/24Sri LankaSri Lanka1010
2023/24IrelandUAE1010
Total3030
Grand total [3] 9360

One Day International captains

Afghanistan played their first ODI on April 19, 2009.The table of results is complete up to the third ODI against Sri Lanka in November 2022.

Afghanistan ODI captains [4]
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo Result
1 Nawroz Mangal 2009–201222120100
2 Karim Sadiq 201210010
3 Mohammad Nabi 2013-201528130150
4 Asghar Afghan 2015–202159341213
5 Rashid Khan 2018–201971060
6 Gulbadin Naib 20191220100
7 Hashmatullah Shahidi 2022128031
Grand total [5] 141701664

Twenty20 International captains

Afghanistan played their first T20I on February 1, 2010.The table of results is complete up to the third T20I against Pakistan in March 2023.

Afghanistan T20I Captains [6]
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo Result
1 Nawroz Mangal 2010–2012136070
2 Mohammad Nabi 2013–202235160190
3 Asghar Afghan 2015–20215242190
4 Rashid Khan 2019–present138050
Total [7] 113721400

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

Afghanistan debuted in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in the 2009 tournament

Afghan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo Result
1 Nawroz Mangal 2009106040
2 Asghar Afghan 2018105050
Overall2011-9-

References

  1. "ESPNcricinfo.com Statsguru - Afghanistan - Test matches - Team analysis". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. "Afghanistan Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. "Test Matches/ Team Records/ Result Summary". Cricinfo.
  4. Records / Afghanistan / One-Day Internationals / List of captains, Cricinfo, retrieved 2021-01-24
  5. Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary, Cricinfo, retrieved 2021-01-24
  6. "List of Afghanistan T20I captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. "Records/ Twenty20 International/ Results Summary". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2021.