Ahmed Shehzad ( Punjabi:احمد شہزاد; born 23 November 1991) is a Pakistani international

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. He is an opening batsman who made his

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and

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debut for

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in April 2009 against

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Personal life

Shehzad was born on 23 November 1991 in the city of

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. He belongs to a Punjabi speaking

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family. When Shehzad was two years old, his father died and he was raised by a single mother in Anarkali. On 19 September 2015, Shehzad married Sana, his childhood friend. Shehzad's wife had a baby boy in 2017.

Domestic and T20 career

Ahmad Shehzad was the highest run scorer in BPL 2011-12 and the best batsman of the tournament. He is the title winner of

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and PSL 2019 as champion in BPL he was playing in Comilla Victorians in 2016 and

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. Shehzad was the leading run-scorer in the

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, with 653 runs, including a career-best score in

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of 166 in the semi-final. He was also the captain of the team. During the tournament he scored three centuries and three half-centuries in nine matches. 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. In April 2018, he was named as the captain of

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's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup. He scored the most runs for Baluchistan during the tournament, with 251 runs in four matches. In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the

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. He failed a doping test in 2018 and was banned for 10 weeks. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the

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cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. In September 2019, he was named in Central Punjab's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. He was retained by Central Punjab for the 2020–21 domestic season. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the

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following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.

International career

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. Shehzad made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2013 scoring 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second. 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. He has a 40+ test average for

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with the help of 3 hundreds and 3 half centuries. His test hundreds have been scored against

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where he scored 147 runs,

where he scored 136 runs and

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where he scored 176 runs In his

career he has scored 6 hundreds and 14 half centuries. In his

career, he has scored 1 hundred 7 fifties. He is First Pakistani player who has scored a century in all three forms of cricket.

Controversies

Shehzad was issued a one-match ban in 2011 for showing dissent in the

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, one month before being issued a fine on disciplinary grounds. The

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(PCB) issued Shehzad an official reprimand after his frequent quarrels with Sri Lankan batsman

Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...

about Dilshan's conversion from

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. Shehzad was caught on camera telling Dilshan: During a

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group stage match vs

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, Shehzad had an exchange of words and physical conflict with bowler

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. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) imposed a fine on both players and issued an official warning to them.

Records and achievements

Source: *First Pakistani to score 0 in his first 3 matches. *First Pakistani batsman to have scored centuries in all international formats of the game (i.e. Test, ODI and T20I). * 2nd Most runs (111*) and 2nd most sixes (6) in a T20I innings by a Pakistani. * Most runs (168) in a two–match T20I series by a Pakistani cricketer. * He is 2nd fastest 5000 runs scorer in T20 cricket from Pakistan * He is 2nd highest centuries maker in T20 cricket from Asia after

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and Babar Azam. * Highest run scorer for the

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. * Second quickest batsman to score centuries in all three formats of international cricket (76 innings) just behind Lokesh Rahul. * Highest run scorer for the

until 2021. * First Pakistani batsman to hit three consecutive sixes in T20I. * Holds the record for the most boundaries in a single T20 inning (20 fours) * He is the first Pakistani who scored hundred against

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* He is youngest Pakistani player who scored 150+ runs in a test inning * He had the record of fastest century in t20 Cricket from Pakistan just in 40 balls until 2020 * He had the record of highest t20i partnership for Pakistan along with

Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Hafeez ( Punjabi and ur, ; born 17 October 1980) is a former Pakistani international cricketer. Hafeez was a versatile batsman who could bat anywhere in the top 6 and formed part of the bowling attack. He played as a spin bowling a ...

143* until 2021 * He has the record of Most catches in the field for

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* He has the record of 2nd Most centuries from Pakistan in t20 Cricket 5 centuries * He has the record of Most Half centuries for

* He has the record of Most centuries in knockout t20 matches 3 centuries * He has the record of Most Half centuries in the finals of

2 half centuries in 3 finals * He scored first half century of tournament in Kashmir Premier League history * Being captain he scored 630+ runs with the help of 3 centuries and 3 half centuries in nine games of departmental one day cup 2016 and won the final for his team HBL and got the award of Man of the final * He was man of the tournament in BPL 2012. * He scored 341 runs with the average of 51 for

in 4th edition of PSL and lift the trophy for his team first time

References

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