Ikram Alikhil ( ps, ; born 29 September 2000) is an Afghan
cricket
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er. He made his international debut for the
Afghanistan cricket team
The Afghanistan men's national team ( ps, د افغانستان کرکټ ملي لوبډله, fa, تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afgha ...
in March 2019.
Domestic and U19 career
He made his
Twenty20
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debut for
Band-e-Amir Dragons
Band-e-Amir Dragons ( ps, بند امير ښاماران ''Band-e-Amīr Khāmārān / Shāmārān''; prs, بند امیر شاماران) or Band-e-Amir Region is one of eight regional first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan. In the 2017 Shpage ...
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 14 September 2017.
Prior to his T20 debut, he was part of Afghanistan's squad for the
2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in Bangladesh from 22 January to 14 February 2016. It was the eleventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be held in Ban ...
.
He also scored an unbeaten century in the final of the
2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup and helped
Afghanistan
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to win their maiden
ACC Under-19 Cup
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title.
In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the
2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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.
He made his
first-class debut for
Speen Ghar Region in the
2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament
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on 1 March 2018.
He made his
List A
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debut for Speen Ghar Region in the
2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
The 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan between 10 and 27 July 2018. It was the second edition of the competition to be played with List A status, following the an ...
on 10 July 2018.
In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in the
first edition
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First edition
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of the
Afghanistan Premier League
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tournament.
International career
In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the
2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
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.
In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's
Test
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and
One Day International
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(ODI) squads for their series
against Ireland in India. He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan against
Ireland
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on 2 March 2019. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019.
On 6 June 2019, he was added to
Afghanistan's squad for the
2019 Cricket World Cup
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. He replaced
Mohammad Shahzad
Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi ( ps, ; born 10 January 1988) is an Afghan cricketer. He a right-handed opening batsman who also plays as a wicketkeeper. He made his international debut for Afghanistan in August 2009.
Shahzad was one of the elev ...
, who was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury.
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Afghan cricketers
Afghanistan Test cricketers
Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Band-e-Amir Dragons cricketers
Balkh Legends cricketers
Spin Ghar Tigers cricketers
Paktia Panthers cricketers
Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup