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class="infobox-label">Batting</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-handed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowling</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-arm <a href="/wiki/Fast_bowling" title="Fast bowling">medium-fast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Role</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Batting_order_(cricket)#Middle_order" title="Batting order (cricket)">Middle order</a> <a href="/wiki/Batting_(cricket)" title="Batting (cricket)">batsman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karim_Janat" title="Karim Janat">Karim Janat</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">International information <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National side</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team" title="Afghanistan national cricket team">Afghanistan</a> (2004–2021)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Test debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_Afghanistan_Test_cricketers" title="List of Afghanistan Test cricketers">2</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">14 June 2018 v <a href="/wiki/India_national_cricket_team" title="India national cricket team">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last Test</th><td class="infobox-data">10 March 2021 v <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_cricket_team" title="Zimbabwe national cricket team">Zimbabwe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ODI debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_Afghanistan_ODI_cricketers" title="List of Afghanistan ODI cricketers">1</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">19 April 2009 v <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_cricket_team" title="Scotland national cricket team">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last ODI</th><td class="infobox-data">26 January 2021 v <a href="/wiki/Ireland_cricket_team" title="Ireland cricket team">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ODI shirt no.</th><td class="infobox-data">44</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">T20I debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_Afghanistan_Twenty20_International_cricketers" title="List of Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers">1</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">1 February 2010 v <a href="/wiki/Ireland_cricket_team" title="Ireland cricket team">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last T20I</th><td class="infobox-data">31 October 2021 v <a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_cricket_team" title="Namibia national cricket team">Namibia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">T20I shirt no.</th><td class="infobox-data">44</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Domestic team information </th></tr><tr style="line-height: 9pt"> <th scope="col">Years</th><th scope="col">Team</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em">2017</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amo_Region_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Amo Region cricket team">Amo Region</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em">2017</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kabul_Green_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabul Green cricket team">Kabul Eagles</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-1px; white-space:nowrap;"> <tbody><tr><th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Competition</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">ODI</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Twenty20_International" title="Twenty20 International">T20I</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">FC</a></th> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Matches</th> <td>6</td> <td>114</td> <td>75</td> <td>29</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Runs scored</th> <td>440</td> <td>2,424</td> <td>1,382</td> <td>1,861</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">Batting average</a></th> <td>44.00</td> <td>24.73</td> <td>21.93</td> <td>44.30</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">100s/50s</th> <td>1/3</td> <td>1/12</td> <td>0/4</td> <td>6/6</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Top score</th> <td>164</td> <td>101</td> <td>62</td> <td>164</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Delivery_(cricket)" title="Delivery (cricket)">Balls</a> bowled</th> <td>18</td> <td>139</td> <td>4</td> <td>93</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket">Wickets</a></th> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_average" title="Bowling average">Bowling average</a></th> <td>–</td> <td>30.33</td> <td>4.00</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Five-wicket_haul" title="Five-wicket haul">5 wickets in innings</a></th> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">10 wickets in match</th> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Best bowling</th> <td>–</td> <td>1/1</td> <td>1/4</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Catches/<a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumpings</a></th> <td>2/–</td> <td>24/–</td> <td>20/–</td> <td>17/–</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2" style="display:none"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: right">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/player/320652.html">Cricinfo</a>, <span class="nowrap">21 July 2022 </span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; font-size:105%; background-color: lightsteelblue;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282004%E2%80%932021%2C_variant%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Asian_Games" title="2010 Asian Games">2010 Guangzhou</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Cricket_at_the_2010_Asian_Games" title="Cricket at the 2010 Asian Games">Team</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mohammad Asghar Afghan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a>: <span lang="ps" dir="rtl">محمد اصغر افغان</span>; born <b>Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai</b>) is an Afghan former cricketer who had captained the <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team" title="Afghanistan national cricket team">Afghanistan national cricket team</a>. Asghar is a right-handed <a href="/wiki/Batting_(cricket)" title="Batting (cricket)">batsman</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Seam_bowling" title="Seam bowling">medium-fast</a> bowler. In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Afghanistan, for their inaugural <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test match</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghan_cricket_team_in_India_in_2018" title="Afghan cricket team in India in 2018">against India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ACB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AfgSquad_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AfgSquad-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his Test debut, against India, on 14 June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_Cricket_Board" title="Afghanistan Cricket Board">Afghanistan Cricket Board</a> (ACB) dropped him as captain of the Afghanistan team across all three formats.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in December 2019, the ACB reappointed Asghar Stanikzai as the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2021, during the series <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_cricket_team_against_Afghanistan_in_the_UAE_in_2020%E2%80%9321" title="Zimbabwean cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2020–21">against Zimbabwe</a>, Afghan played in his <a href="/wiki/List_of_Afghanistan_Twenty20_International_cricket_records#Most_matches_as_captain" title="List of Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricket records">50th T20I as Afghanistan's captain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2021, he was sacked as the national team captain.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2021, ahead of Afghanistan's match against <a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_cricket_team" title="Namibia national cricket team">Namibia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup">2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup</a>, Afghan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket following the game.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asghar_Afghan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Afghan was born in 1987 in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Democratic Republic of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cricinfo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricinfo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a refugee in <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>, Pakistan, where he started playing cricket along with <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nabi" title="Mohammad Nabi">Mohammad Nabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dawlat_Zadran" title="Dawlat Zadran">Dawlat Zadran</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shapoor_Zadran" title="Shapoor Zadran">Shapoor Zadran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asghar_Afghan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Afghan made his representative international debut for Afghanistan U-17s in the 2004 ACC Under-17 competition, where he played his debut match against the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_national_cricket_team" title="United Arab Emirates national cricket team">United Arab Emirates Under-17s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His debut match for the senior squad came against <a href="/wiki/Oman_national_cricket_team" title="Oman national cricket team">Oman</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/2004_ACC_Trophy" title="2004 ACC Trophy">2004 ACC Trophy</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/2006_ACC_Trophy" title="2006 ACC Trophy">2006 ACC Trophy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2007_ACC_Twenty20_Cup" title="2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup">2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup</a>. </p><p>Afghan was a member of the Afghanistan side that, from 2008 to 2009, won the <a href="/wiki/World_Cricket_League" title="World Cricket League">World Cricket League</a> <a href="/wiki/2008_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Division_Five" title="2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five">Division Five</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Division_Four" title="2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four">Division Four</a> and <a href="/wiki/2009_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Division_Three" title="2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three">Division Three</a>, earning them promotion to Division Two and allowing them to take part in the <a href="/wiki/2009_ICC_World_Cup_Qualifier" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier">2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier</a> where they gained <a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">One Day International</a> status. </p><p>In the World Cup Qualifier, Afghan made his <a href="/wiki/List-A_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="List-A cricket">List-A</a> debut, against <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_national_cricket_team" title="Bermuda national cricket team">Bermuda</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later in the tournament he made his <a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">One Day International</a> debut against <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_cricket_team" title="Scotland national cricket team">Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class</a> debut came in <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_ICC_Intercontinental_Cup" title="2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup">Intercontinental Cup</a> against a <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_national_cricket_team" title="Zimbabwe national cricket team">Zimbabwe XI</a> in a match that Afghanistan drew.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, in November 2009 he was a member of Afghanistan's <a href="/wiki/2009_ACC_Twenty20_Cup" title="2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup">2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup</a> winning squad. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rising_career">Rising career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asghar_Afghan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rising career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Afghan made his <a href="/wiki/Twenty20_International" title="Twenty20 International">Twenty20 International</a> debut against <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Ireland national cricket team">Ireland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Quadrangular_Twenty20_Series_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka">2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on in February 2010, Afghan played a single match in Afghanistan's victorious <a href="/wiki/2010_ICC_World_Twenty20_Qualifier" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier">2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier</a>, playing in the final against Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afghan was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the <a href="/wiki/2010_ICC_World_Twenty20" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 ICC World Twenty20">2010 ICC World Twenty20</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2010, Afghan was a key member of Afghanistan's <a href="/wiki/2010_ACC_Trophy_Elite" title="2010 ACC Trophy Elite">2010 ACC Trophy Elite</a> winning squad which defeated <a href="/wiki/Nepal_national_cricket_team" title="Nepal national cricket team">Nepal</a> in the final. Afghan ended the tournament as the third leading run scorer with 253 runs, including a score of 151 runs from 83 <a href="/wiki/Delivery_(cricket)" title="Delivery (cricket)">balls</a> against <a href="/wiki/Bhutan_national_cricket_team" title="Bhutan national cricket team">Bhutan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 March 2014, Afghan's 90* helped <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team" title="Afghanistan national cricket team">Afghanistan</a> win against <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_national_cricket_team" title="Bangladesh national cricket team">Bangladesh</a> which was their first win against a Test-playing nation. He and <a href="/wiki/Samiullah_Shenwari" class="mw-redirect" title="Samiullah Shenwari">Samiullah Shenwari</a> put on a 164 runs partnership for the sixth wicket which is the fifth highest Partnership for the sixth wicket in the history of ODIs and the third highest ODI Partnership for <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team" title="Afghanistan national cricket team">Afghanistan</a>. </p><p>In February 2018, he had his appendix removed, therefore missing the start of the <a href="/wiki/2018_Cricket_World_Cup_Qualifier" title="2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier">2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier</a> tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-appendix_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appendix-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Afghanistan_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League">first edition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_Premier_League" title="Afghanistan Premier League">Afghanistan Premier League</a> tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the leading run-scorer for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kandahar_Knights&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kandahar Knights (page does not exist)">Kandahar Knights</a> in the tournament, with 264 runs in eight matches.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, he was named in <a href="/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup_squads#Afghanistan" title="2019 Cricket World Cup squads">Afghanistan's squad</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2019 Cricket World Cup">2019 Cricket World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, in the ODI series <a href="/wiki/Afghan_cricket_team_in_Scotland_in_2019" title="Afghan cricket team in Scotland in 2019">against Scotland</a>, he became the second cricketer for Afghanistan to play in 100 ODI matches.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the <a href="/wiki/2021_ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup">2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afghan announced his retirement from international cricket mid-way through the tournament, playing his final match against <a href="/wiki/Namibia_national_cricket_team" title="Namibia national cricket team">Namibia</a>. He later explained that their loss against <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_cricket_team" title="Pakistan national cricket team">Pakistan</a> made him decide that the time was right to retire as the team was too hurt and he wanted to give younger players a chance.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asghar_Afghan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cricinfo-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cricinfo_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cricinfo_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/asghar-afghan-320652">"Asghar Afghan Profile"</a>. <i>ESPNcricinfo</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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