Hashmatullah Shahidi ( ps, حشمت الله شاهدي; born 4 November 1994) is an Afghan

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and currently the captain of

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and

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. He made his

(ODI) debut for Afghanistan against

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in October 2013. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever

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, against

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, in June 2018. He became the first Afghan player to score a test double hundred when he scored 200 not out against Zimbabwe in on 11 March 2021. In May 2021.

Career

In the final of the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, batting for Band-e-Amir Region against Speen Ghar Region, he scored 163 runs in the first innings. Scored his first international six In ODI series against Ireland in Ireland on 21/May/2019 scoring his 865* Runs without a six in ODI. In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural

, played against India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018. He top scored in the second innings of the match with an unbeaten 36 albeit in a losing cause. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. On 11 March 2021 he became the first Afghan player to score a test double hundred when he scored 200 not out in Afghanistan's first innings total of 545 for 4 declared in the Test against Zimbabwe. In April 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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. On 18 June 2019, in the match against

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, Hashmatullah scored his 1,000th run in ODIs. In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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