Afghan cricketer
Ikram Alikhil (Pashto : اکرام فيضي عليخېل ; born 29 September 2000) is an Afghan cricketer .[ 1] He made his international debut for Afghanistan in March 2019.[ 2]
Domestic and U19 career
He made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 14 September 2017.[ 3] Prior to his T20 debut, he was part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup .[ 4] He also scored an unbeaten century in the final of the 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup and helped Afghanistan to win their maiden ACC Under-19 Cup title.[ 5]
In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup .[ 6]
He made his first-class debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 1 March 2018.[ 7] He made his List A debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 July 2018.[ 8]
In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[ 9]
International career
In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup .[ 10]
In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test and One Day International (ODI) squads for their series against Ireland in India.[ 11] [ 12] He made his ODI debut against Ireland on 2 March 2019.[ 13] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019.[ 14]
On 6 June 2019, he was added to Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup . He replaced Mohammad Shahzad , who was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury.[ 15] He scored a fifty against England in his first match of the 2023 Cricket World Cup which Afghanistan won by 69 runs.[ 16]
References
^ "Who is Ikram Ali Khil?" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 8 June 2019 .
^ "Ikram Ali Khil" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 September 2017 .
^ "7th Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 14 2017" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 September 2017 .
^ "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 23 May 2017 .
^ "Faizi ton, Mujeeb five-for hand Afghanistan maiden U-19 Asia Cup title" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 24 November 2017 .
^ "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 December 2017 .
^ "1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Mar 1-4 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018 .
^ "Group B, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Jul 10 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 July 2018 .
^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft" . CricTracker . Retrieved 10 September 2018 .
^ "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 December 2018 .
^ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 February 2019 .
^ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 7 February 2019 .
^ "2nd ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Mar 2 2019" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 2 March 2019 .
^ "Only Test, Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Mar 15-19 2019" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 March 2019 .
^ "Mohammad Shahzad out of CWC19, Ikram Ali Khil called up" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 7 June 2019 .
^ "England vs Afghanistan Live Updates: ENG vs AFG World Cup 2023 Live Score: England opt to bowl vs Afghanistan" . The Times of India . 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023 .
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