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Najeeb Tarakai
Personal information
Full name
Najeeb Tarakai
Born (1991-02-02) 2 February 1991 (age 33)
Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
Roleopening batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 42)24 March 2017 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.31
T20I debut (cap 25)16 March 2014 v Bangladesh
Last T20I15 September 2019 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12Afghan Cheetahs
Career statistics
Competition T20I ODI
Matches 8 1
Runs scored 213 5
Batting average 18.00 5
100s/50s –/1 –/–
Top score 90 5
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 1/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2019

Najeeb Tarakai (born 2 February 1991) is an Afghan cricketer who plays international cricket for the Afghanistan team.

Domestic career

Tarakai made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Rawalpindi Rams. He played in the Cheetahs two other fixtures in that competition, against Faisalabad Wolves and Multan Tigers.[1] In these three matches, he scored a total of 54 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 34.[2]

He was the leading run-scorer for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 719 runs in ten matches.[3] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 670 runs in five matches, including four centuries.[4]

International career

He made his debut against Bangladesh in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.[5] He played two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for Afghanistan in 2014.[6]

On 10 March 2017 against Ireland, Tarakai scored 90 runs during the second T20I at Greater Noida. His match-winning performance along with the bowling performance by Rashid Khan, brought him his maiden man of the match award.[7]

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Ireland at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground on 24 March 2017.[8]

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Najib Taraki". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Twenty20 Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Najib Taraki". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Speen Ghar Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Records: Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2019, Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. ^ "World T20, 1st Match, First Round Group A: Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka, Mar 16, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Najeeb Tarakai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Afghanistan tour of India, 2nd T20I: Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Afghanistan tour of India, 5th ODI: Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 24, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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