Shahbaz Ahmed (born 12 December 1994) is an Indian international

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. He made his international debut on 9 October, 2022. He plays for

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in the

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and

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in domestic cricket. He is a

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who bats left-handed. In August 2022, Shahbaz was named as a replacement for injured

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in India's ODI squad for their

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against

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. In October 2022, he was named in India's ODI squad, for their series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut on 9 October 2022 against

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. He made his T20I debut on 6 October 2023 against Bangladesh.

Domestic career

Shahbaz made his

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debut for

in the

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on 20 September 2018 against Jammu and Kashmir team at Chennai. He returned with figures of 1/22 in his debut match. During his maiden first-class cap versus Hyderabad, he scored 27 runs and picked one wicket. He made his

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debut for Bengal in the

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on 24 February 2019 against Haryana at Cuttack and picked one wicket again besides contributing a vital 12-ball 17 in the lower order that eventually helped his team win the match by three wickets. So far, Shahbaz has played 13 first-class matches, scoring 559 runs, including four half-centuries, taking 37 first-class wickets at an economy rate of 2.60. In List-A cricket, he has scored 435 runs in 16 innings at an average of 39.54. He has 18 List-A wickets to his name, with his best figures of 3/35. In T20 cricket, he has taken 21 wickets in 23 innings at an economy rate of 6.84 and has recorded one fifty. In January 2021, against Hyderabad, he became the seventh player from Bengal and first since India pacer

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to claim a Ranji Trophy hat-trick. In October 2019, he was named in

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's squad for the

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Indian Premier League

In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the

ahead of the

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. He made his debut in the IPL against

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, during the 33rd match of

. Shahbaz went wicketless and conceded 18 runs. Throughout the season, he took a couple of wickets in as many games he played with an economy rate of 7.33. In April 2021, Shahbaz took three wickets in one over against the

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during the sixth match of

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, which was eventually won by his team. His performances earned praise from a section of critics. During the second phase of the tournament, against Rajasthan he took a brace for 10 runs. In February 2022, he was bought by the

in the

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for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Shahbaz 1994 births Living people Indian cricketers India One Day International cricketers Bengal cricketers Cricketers from Haryana Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games