Najeeb Tarakai
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Full name | Najeeb Tarakai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Afghanistan | 2 February 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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ODI debut (cap 42) | 24 March 2017 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 25) | 16 March 2014 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 15 September 2019 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011/12 | Afghan Cheetahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Najib Taraki". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Twenty20 Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Najib Taraki". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Speen Ghar Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Records: Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2019, Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "World T20, 1st Match, First Round Group A: Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka, Mar 16, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "Najeeb Tarakai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of India, 2nd T20I: Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of India, 5th ODI: Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 24, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
External links
- Najeeb Tarakai at ESPNcricinfo
- Najeeb Taraki at CricketArchive
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Afghan cricketers
- Afghan Cheetahs cricketers
- Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
- Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
- Asian Games medalists in cricket
- Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Boost Region cricketers
- Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Nangarhar Leopards cricketers