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Full name | Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kabul, Afghanistan | 2 October 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm unorthodox spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Only Test(cap 14) | 15 March 2019 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Kandahar Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024-present | MI Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024-present | Trinbago Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024/25 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,30 April 2025 |
Waqar Salamkheil (born 2 October 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test cricket debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2019. [1]
He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017,taking five wickets for 162 in the second innings. [2] He finished the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker,with a total of 55 wickets. [3]
In September 2018,he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. [4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kandahar Knights in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 6 October 2018. [5] In October 2018,he was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team,following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. [6]
In July 2019,he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. [7] [8] However,the following month the tournament was cancelled. [9] In September 2019,he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [10]
He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 September 2019. [11] In September 2020,he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League,with thirteen dismissals in seven matches. [12] In August 2021,he was selected to play for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League. [13]
In February 2019,he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. [14] [15] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019. [16] In March 2021,the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that he was pending selection for the Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Zimbabwe, [17] once his visa issues had been resolved. [18]