Ihsanullah (born 28 December 1997) is an Afghan

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er who is a right-handed opening batsmen. He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 29 July 2016. Prior to his first-class debut, he captained the Afghanistan U-19 team in the

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. He made his Test cricket debut in March 2019. Ihsanullah is the younger brother of former Afghanistan captain Nawroz Mangal.

International career

He made his

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(ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on 24 February 2017. He made his domestic

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debut (having already played two List A matches for Afghanistan A and the ODI against Zimbabwe) for Boost Region in the

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on 11 August 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut for Mis Ainak Knights in the

2017 Shpageeza Cricket League The 2017 season of the Shpageeza Cricket League ( ps, شپږيزه کريکټ ليګ ۲۰۱۷), also known as SCL 5, was the fifth edition of the Shpageeza, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB ...

on 12 September 2017. In November 2017, in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup match against the United Arab Emirates, Ihsanullah and Rahmat Shah Zurmatai made the highest partnership for Afghanistan in first-class cricket, scoring 197 runs for the second wicket. Ihsanullah also scored his maiden first-class century in the process. In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the

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. In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India, but he was not selected for the match. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019. In May 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his T20I debut on 14 June 2022, for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe.

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the

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of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.

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