Ziaur Rahman (Afghan cricketer)

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Ziaur Rahman
Personal information
Full name
Ziawrahman Sharifi
Born (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 (age 26)
Khost, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Only T20I(cap  37)24 February 2019 v  Ireland
Source: Cricinfo, 24 February 2019

Ziaur Rahman (or Ziawrahman Sharifi, born 17 October 1998) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in February 2019. [1]

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Career

He made his List A debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 16 August 2017. [2] He made his first-class debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 1 December 2017. [3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Paktia Panthers in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 10 October 2018. [4]

In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland in India. [5] [6] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 24 February 2019. [7]

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References

  1. "Ziaur Rahman". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. "9th Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 16 2017". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. "15th Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Khost, Dec 1-4 2017". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. "7th Match (N), Afghanistan Premier League at Sharjah, Oct 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. "3rd T20I, Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Feb 24 2019". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 24 February 2019.