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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References
  1. "Twenty20 Matches played by Najib Taraki". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  2. "Twenty20 Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Najib Taraki". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. "Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2018, Speen Ghar Region: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. "Records: Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 2019, Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. "World T20, 1st Match, First Round Group A: Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka, Mar 16, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. "Najeeb Tarakai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. "Afghanistan tour of India, 2nd T20I: Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. "Afghanistan tour of India, 5th ODI: Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 24, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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