Abdul Malik (born 11 March 1998) is an Afghan

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er. He made his international debut for the

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in March 2021. He made his first-class debut for Amo Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 26 October 2017. He made his

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debut for Amo Region in the

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on 10 September 2019. He made his

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debut on 13 October 2019, for

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in the

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. In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. In February 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's

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squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against

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, on 2 March 2021. However, he became the first batsman for Afghanistan to be dismissed for a pair in Test cricket.

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* 1998 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan Test cricketers Amo Sharks cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Afghanistan-cricket-bio-stub