Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pashto: رحمان الله ګربز‎) (born 28 November 2001) is an Afghan cricketer.[1][2] He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019, in a Twenty20 International (T20I) match.[3] In January 2021, he became the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century on debut in an One Day International (ODI) match.[4]

Not to be confused with Rahmanullah.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Personal information
Full nameRahmanullah Gurbaz
Born (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 50)21 January 2021 v Ireland
Last ODI26 January 2021 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 38)14 September 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I10 March 2020 v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 2 10 12 31
Runs scored 158 332 941 962
Batting average 79.00 33.20 49.52 41.82
100s/50s 1/0 0/2 1/7 3/3
Top score 127 79 153 128
Catches/stumpings 1/2 4/1 16/5 31/7
Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2021

Domestic and T20 career

He made his List A debut for Afghanistan A against Zimbabwe A during their tour to Zimbabwe on 27 January 2017.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.[6] He made his first-class debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 1 March 2018.[7]

In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[8] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Khulna Tigers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[9] In July 2020, he was named in the Barbados Tridents squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[10][11]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[12]

In October 2019, he was the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan in the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, with 117 runs in four matches.[13] In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[14]

In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series.[15][16] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, against Zimbabwe, on 14 September 2019.[17]

In January 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland.[18] He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan, against Ireland, on 21 January 2021, scoring 127 runs.[19]

References
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  2. "Celebrating up and coming cricketers this International Youth Day". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. "Rahmanullah Gurbaz". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "AFG vs IRE: डेब्यू पर धमाका करना रहा है पुराना शौक, 19 साल के इस बल्लेबाज के बल्ले में बड़ी 'आग' है". TV9 Hindi. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. "Afghanistan A tour of Zimbabwe, 1st unofficial ODI: Zimbabwe A v Afghanistan A at Harare, Jan 27, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  6. "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  7. "3rd Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Khost, Mar 1-4 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  8. "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  9. "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  10. "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  12. "Mujeeb Zadran in Afghanistan squad for Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  13. "Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup, 2018/19 - Afghanistan Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  14. "Afghanistan Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  15. "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  16. "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  17. "2nd Match (N), Bangladesh Twenty20 Tri-Series at Dhaka, Sep 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  18. "Afghanistan announce 16-member squad for ODI series against Ireland". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  19. "1st ODI, Abu Dhabi, Jan 21 2021, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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