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Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | 23 November 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 216) | 31 December 2013 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 4 May 2017 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 172) | 24 April 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 October 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 26) | 7 May 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 7 October 2019 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 19 (previously 93) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–present | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Barisal Burners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Nagenahira Nagas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2015 | Lahore Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Pakistan A cricket team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Jamaica Tallawahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017,2019–present | Quetta Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Barbados Tridents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Multan Sultans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Central Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Rangpur Rangers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20 | Dhaka Platoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Kandy Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Rawalakot Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Lahore Whites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,28 July 2022 |
Ahmed Shehzad (born 23 November 1991) is a Pakistani international cricketer.
He is an opening batsman who made his One Day International and Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan in April 2009 against Australia. [2] [3] He was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. In the 2014 T20 World Cup,he became the first Pakistani to score a century in a T20 world cup,with his 111 against Bangladesh. [4]
Shehzad was born on 23 November 1991 in Lahore. He was born into a Pashtun family of the Afridi clan and,besides English and Urdu,he can speak Pashto as well. [5]
He grew up in a middle-class environment in a modest house near the famous Anarkali Bazaar. [6]
On 19 September 2015,Shehzad married Sana,his childhood friend. [7] [8] They had a boy in 2017. [9] In 2021,they had a second baby,a daughter. [10]
Ahmad Shehzad was the highest run scorer in BPL 2011-12 and the best batsman of the tournament. [11] Shehzad was the leading run-scorer in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup,with 653 runs,including a career-best score in List A cricket of 166 in the semi-final. He was also the captain of the team. [12] [13] During the tournament he scored three centuries and three half-centuries in nine matches. [14]
He was the highest runs scorer and man of the tournament in 2016 Pakistan Cup. He scored 372 runs in only 5 matches with the help of 3 half centuries and a hundred. [15]
In April 2018,he was named as the captain of Balochistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup. [16] [17] He scored the most runs for Baluchistan during the tournament,with 251 runs in four matches. [18] In March 2019,he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup. [19] [20]
He failed a doping test in 2018 and was banned for 10 weeks. [21]
In July 2019,he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. [22] [23] However,the following month the tournament was cancelled. [24]
In September 2019,he was named in Central Punjab's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. [25] [26] He was retained by Central Punjab for the 2020–21 domestic season. [27] In November 2021,he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. [28]
On December 15,2023,Shehzad announced that he was leaving the PSL after not being selected by any franchise. [29]
Shehzad made his first-class debut in 2007. The innings which led to a call-up for the national team was a 167 he scored in Pakistan Youth's victory against England. [30] [31]
Shehzad made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2013 scoring 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second. [32] Ahmed Shehzad was part of the Test squad against South Africa in UAE. However he wasn't selected in the playing XI in either of the 2 Tests against South Africa. [33]
He has a 40+ test average for Pakistan Cricket Team with the help of 3 hundreds and 3 half centuries. His test hundreds have been scored against Sri Lanka where he scored 147 runs,Australia where he scored 136 runs and New Zealand where he scored 176 runs [4]
In his One Day International career he has scored 6 hundreds and 14 half centuries. [4] In his Twenty20 International career,he has scored 1 hundred 7 fifties. He is First Pakistani player who has scored a century in all three forms of cricket. [34]
Shehzad was issued a one-match ban in 2011 for showing dissent in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,one month before being issued a fine on disciplinary grounds. [35]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) issued Shehzad an official reprimand after his frequent quarrels with Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan about Dilshan's conversion from Islam to Buddhism. [36] Shehzad was caught on camera telling Dilshan: [37]
If you are a non-Muslim and you turn Muslim, no matter whatever you do in your life, straight to heaven.
— Ahmed Shehzad's statement on Dilshan.
During a Pakistan Super League group stage match vs Peshawar Zalmi, Shehzad had an exchange of words and physical conflict with bowler Wahab Riaz. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) imposed a fine on both players and issued an official warning to them. [38]
Source: [39]
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It may be recalled that Ahmed Shehzad was born on November 23, 1991 in Lahore to a Pashtun family and that is why he can speak English and Urdu as well as Pashto [...] Ahmed Shehzad belongs to the well-known tribe Afridi, before this very important players like Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul also belong to the Afridi tribe.
Hailing from a middle-class family that lived in a modest house near the famous shopping street Anarkali in Lahore, Shehzad had real talent.