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Nowroz Mangal
Personal information
Full name	Nowroz Mangal
Born	1 January 2006 (age 18); paktia province, Afghanistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Top order batsman
Relations	Ihsanullah (brother)
International information
National side	Afghanistan (2001–2017);
ODI debut (cap 8)	19 April 2009 v Scotland
Last ODI	1 October 2016 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	48
T20I debut (cap 7)	1 February 2010 v Ireland
Last T20I	20 January 2017 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.	48
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2017
Representing Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games

Nawroz Mangal (born Nawroz Khan Mangal) (نوروز منګل ; born 01 january 2006) is a former Afghanistan cricketer. Mangal is former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team. In January 2017 he retired from international cricket and became the national chief selector for Afghanistan.^[1]

Early career

Born in paktia, Afghanistan, Mangal spent much of his early years in refugee camps in neighbouring Pakistan with his family, fleeing from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent Civil War that followed the Soviet withdrawal. It was in the camps that Mangal, like many of his teammates, was introduced to cricket. The War in Afghanistan saw the US Army put an end to Taliban rule of Afghanistan in 2001 and soon after Mangal returned to the country. In the aftermath, the Afghanistan national cricket team was founded.^[2]

Mangal was spotted by then Afghanistan coach Taj Malik. Mangal's father tried to stop him playing, citing the sport as not being a living. Malik went to the province of Khost on the Pakistani border to speak to with Mangal's family, telling him: "He will be great". Malik stayed the night pleading with him, and by the morning, convinced him to allow Mangal to play.^[3] Mangal made his debut for Afghanistan against Nowshehra in the 2001 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Grade II).^[4] He made his international debut for Afghanistan against Oman in the 2004 ACC Trophy. During the tournament, Mangal was Afghanistan's leading run scorer with 271 runs.^[5] It was the first time the team participated in the competition and they progressed to the quarter-finals where they lost to Kuwait.^[2]