Najeeb Tarakai

Najeeb Tarakai (born 2 February 1991) is an Afghan cricketer who plays international cricket for the Afghanistan team.

Najeeb Tarakai
Personal information
Full nameNajeeb Tarakai
Born (1991-02-02) 2 February 1991
Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
Roleopening batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 42)24 March 2017 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.31
T20I debut (cap 25)16 March 2014 v Bangladesh
Last T20I15 September 2019 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12Afghan Cheetahs
Career statistics
Competition T20I ODI
Matches 8 1
Runs scored 213 5
Batting average 18.00 5
100s/50s /1 /
Top score 90 5
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/ /
Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2019

Domestic career

Tarakai made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Rawalpindi Rams. He played in the Cheetahs two other fixtures in that competition, against Faisalabad Wolves and Multan Tigers.[1] In these three matches, he scored a total of 54 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 34.[2]

He was the leading run-scorer for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 719 runs in ten matches.[3] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 670 runs in five matches, including four centuries.[4]

International career

He made his debut against Bangladesh in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.[5] He played two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for Afghanistan in 2014.[6]

On 10 March 2017 against Ireland, Tarakai scored 90 runs during the second T20I at Greater Noida. His match-winning performance along with the bowling performance by Rashid Khan, brought him his maiden man of the match award.[7]

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Ireland at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground on 24 March 2017.[8]

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[9]

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