Sediqullah Atal

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Sediqullah Atal
Personal information
Born (2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 23)
Logar, Afghanistan
BattingLeft-handed
Role Opening batter
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  50)27 March 2023 v  Pakistan
Last T20I6 October 2023 v  Pakistan
Source: Cricinfo, 27 March 2023
Medal record
Representing Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team

Sediqullah Atal (born 12 August 2001), also known as Sediq Atal, is an Afghan cricketer. He is an opening batter, who made his international debut for Afghanistan in 2023. [1]

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Career

He made his Twenty20 debut on 7 September 2020, for Kabul Eagles in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League. [2] Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [3] [4] He made his List A debut on 17 October 2021, for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2021 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament. [5]

In July 2021, Sediqullah was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan, [6] but the series was later postponed following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. [7] On 23 January 2023, the series was rescheduled and both cricket boards agreed to play three Twenty20 International (T20Is) matches instead of ODIs. [8] Sediqullah was again named in Afghanistan's squad for that series against Pakistan. [9] He made his T20I debut in the 3rd and final T20I match of the series, on 27 March 2023. [10]

In May 2024, he was named as a reserve player in Afghanistan’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. [11]

In October 2024 Sediqullah Atal played for Afghanistan A team in the ACC emerging team asia cup where he became the player of the tournament by scoring 368 runs in 5 matches. He scored 83,95, 52,83, 55, at an amazing batting average of 122.66 and strike rate of 145. This amazing performance put him at the leading run-scorers on the board and led Afghanistan A to a maiden ACC asia cup trophy win.

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