Saud Shakeel
Pakistani cricketer (born 1995)
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Saud Shakeel (born 5 September 1995) is a Pakistani international cricketer who is the current vice-captain of the Pakistan cricket team in test cricket. He made his international and ODI debut for the Pakistan cricket team in July 2021.[2][3] He made his Test debut against England in December 2022.[4] He played at the 2014 U-19 World Cup, where he captained the team.[5] In July 2023, he became the first Pakistani batsman to score a Test double century in Sri Lanka against the hosts.[6]
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| Born | 5 September 1995 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Chota Don[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm slow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Middle-order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 250) | 1 December 2022 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 January 2025 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 231) | 8 July 2021 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 February 2025 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Karachi Whites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18 | Pakistan Television | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019, 2023–2025 | Quetta Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Sindh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life and career
Saud Shakeel was born in September 1995 in Karachi and spent much of his early life in the Sagheer Centre of the Federal B. Area.[7]
In 2007, Saud came to the attention of Azam Khan, then manager of Quetta Gladiators and unrelated to Moin Khan's son.[7] Through a connection with Saud's uncle, Azam introduced him, then a sixth-grade student at The Crescent Academy, to several cricket academies.[7] After a tepid response from these academies, Azam integrated Saud into practice sessions where he faced players such as Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, and Tabish Khan.[7] This led to Saud's association with the Pakistan Cricket Club and mentorship from international cricketers such as Sarfaraz Ahmed and Asad Shafiq.[7]
Domestic career
He made his first-class debut on 26 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[8] In November 2017, he was selected to play for the Quetta Gladiators in 2018 Pakistan Super League players draft.[9]
He was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan Television in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with 488 runs in seven matches.[10] In April 2018, he was named in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[11][12] He was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan Television in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with 414 runs in five matches.[13]
In December 2018, he was named in Pakistan's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[14] In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[15][16] In September 2019, he was named in Sindh's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[17][18] In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[19] In December 2020, he was shortlisted as one of the Domestic Cricketers of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards.[20]
International career
In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[21][22] In March 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test and limited overs squads for their tours to South Africa and Zimbabwe.[23][24] However, he was ruled out of the One Day International (ODI) matches against South Africa due to an injury.[25]
In June 2021, Shakeel was named in Pakistan's Test and ODI squads,[26] for their tours of the West Indies and England respectively.[27] Shakeel made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for Pakistan against England.[28] In October 2021, he was named as the captain of the Pakistan Shaheens for their tour of Sri Lanka.[29]
In November 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh.[30] In February 2022, he was also named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Australia.[31] In June 2022, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their two-match series in Sri Lanka.[32]
In December 2022, he was selected to play for Pakistan in the Test series against New Zealand.[33] In the second Test, on 4 January 2023, he hit his maiden century in Test cricket,[34] which helped Pakistan to put 400+ runs in the board in reply to New Zealand's 449 in the first innings.[35]
In September 2023, he was named in Pakistan's fifteen-man squad for the Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, He made his World Cup debut on 6 October 2023 against the Netherlands in which he scored 68 runs in 52 balls, and received man of the match award.[36] He also played a cameo against Sri Lanka in his second match of the World Cup scoring 31 runs off 30 balls.[37] He scored his second fifty of the tournament against South Africa in a losing cause on 27 October as the latter pipped them by just 1 wicket.[38]