Asadullah Khan is an Afghan former

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er. Khan is a right-handed

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and right arm medium-pace bowler. He has previously represented the

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Playing career

His debut for the national team came in 2003 when Afghanistan played

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in the 2003/04 Inter-District Senior Tournament. He later represented Afghanistan in the 2004 ACC Trophy, where he represented Afghanistan in 6 matches, the last of which came against

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. Three years passed before Khan represented Afghanistan again. In 2007, he represented the team in 2007/08 Inter-District Senior Tournament, playing 3 matches against

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, Charsadda District and

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. The following year he was a member of Afghanistan's

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squad. During that tournament he played a single match for Afghanistan against

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Post-playing career

Khan no longer represents the senior team, but is a senior youth coach for the Afghan Youth Cricket Association. He is the current coach of the newly formed

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. He is also going to be the chief guest of Rajagiri Public School,Doha,Qatar for the school's annual athletic meet. In 2021, Khan was appointed head coach of the

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References

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