Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai (born 25 July 1992) is an Afghan

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er. Ahmadzai is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in

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. 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, and took Afghanistan's first wicket in Test cricket.

Career

Ahmadzai made his debut for Afghanistan Under-19s in a Youth One Day International against India Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in

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. He made two further Youth One Day International appearances in that competition, against Hong Kong Under-19s and Papua New Guinea Under-19s. He also played for the Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in

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, helping Afghanistan to qualify for the main event in 2012. Later in 2011, he made his

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debut for the

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in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against

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. He scored an unbeaten single run in the Cheetahs innings, while in the Tigers innings he bowled a single over, conceding 17 runs from it. He made his

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debut for Afghanistan against Oman on 29 November 2015. He made his One Day International debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe on 25 December 2015. He also plays

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for the Pakistan team

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in the

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Test cricket

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 took Afghanistan's first wicket in Test cricket, dismissing

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, just after lunch on day one. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmadzai, Yamin 1992 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan Test cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Afghan Cheetahs cricketers Pashtun people People from Laghman Province Habib Bank Limited cricketers Spin Ghar Tigers cricketers Paktia Panthers cricketers