Ahmad Shahzad
Pakistani cricketer
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Ahmad Shahzad (born 23 November 1991) is a former Pakistani international cricketer.
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| Born | 23 November 1991 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 216) | 31 December 2013 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4 May 2017 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 172) | 24 April 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 October 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 26) | 7 May 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 7 October 2019 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 19 (previously 93) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2019 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Barisal Burners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Nagenahira Nagas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Lahore Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Pakistan A cricket team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Jamaica Tallawahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017, 2019 | Quetta Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Barbados Tridents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Multan Sultans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Central Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rangpur Rangers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20 | Dhaka Platoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Kandy Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Rawalakot Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Lahore Whites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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He is an opening batsman who made his One Day International and Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan in April 2009 against Australia.[1][2] He was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. In the 2014 T20 World Cup, he became the first Pakistani to score a century in a T20 world cup, with his 111 against Bangladesh.[3]
Early and personal life
Shahzad was born on 23 November 1991 in Lahore. He was born into a Pashtun family of the Afridi clan and, besides English and Urdu, he can speak Pashto as well.[4]
He grew up in a middle-class environment in a modest house near the famous Anarkali Bazaar.[5]
On 19 September 2015, Shahzad married Sana, his childhood friend.[6][7] They had a boy in 2017.[8] In 2021, they had a second baby, a daughter.[9]
Domestic and franchise career
Shahzad was the highest run scorer in BPL 2011-12 and the best batsman of the tournament.[10] Shahzad was the leading run-scorer in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup, with 653 runs, including a career-best score in List A cricket of 166 in the semi-final. He was also the captain of the team.[11][12] During the tournament he scored three centuries and three half-centuries in nine matches.[13]
He was the highest runs scorer and man of the tournament in 2016 Pakistan Cup. He scored 372 runs in only 5 matches with the help of 3 half centuries and a hundred.[14]
In April 2018, he was named as the captain of Balochistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[15][16] He scored the most runs for Baluchistan during the tournament, with 251 runs in four matches.[17] In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[18][19]
He failed a doping test in 2018 and was banned for 10 weeks.[20]
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[21][22] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[23]
In September 2019, he was named in Central Punjab's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[24][25] He was retained by Central Punjab for the 2020–21 domestic season.[26] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[27]
On 15 December 2023, Shahzad announced that he was leaving the PSL after not being selected by any franchise.[28]
International career
Shahzad made his first-class debut in 2007. The innings which led to a call-up for the national team was a 167 he scored in Pakistan Youth's victory against England.[29][30]
Shahzad made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2013 scoring 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second.[31] He was part of the Test squad against South Africa in UAE. However he wasn't selected in the playing XI in either of the 2 Tests against South Africa.[32]
He has a 40+ test average for Pakistan Cricket Team with the help of 3 hundreds and 3 half centuries. His test hundreds have been scored against Sri Lanka where he scored 147 runs, Australia where he scored 136 runs and New Zealand where he scored 176 runs[3]
In his One Day International career he has scored 6 hundreds and 14 half centuries.[3] In his Twenty20 International career, he has scored 1 hundred 7 fifties. He is First Pakistani player who has scored a century in all three forms of cricket.[33]
Controversies
Shahzad was issued a one-match ban in 2011 for showing dissent in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, one month before being issued a fine on disciplinary grounds.[34]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) issued Shahzad an official reprimand after his frequent quarrels with Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan about Dilshan's conversion from Islam to Buddhism.[35] Shehzad was caught on camera telling Dilshan:[36]
If you are a non-Muslim and you turn Muslim, no matter whatever you do in your life, straight to heaven.
— Ahmed Shehzad's statement on Dilshan.
During a Pakistan Super League group stage match vs Peshawar Zalmi, Shahzad had an exchange of words and physical conflict with bowler Wahab Riaz. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) imposed a fine on both players and issued an official warning to them.[37]