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| Born | (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (age 29) Khost, Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 31) | 1 May 2014 v Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 January 2022 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 28) | 26 October 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 27 March 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | Speen Ghar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Usman Ghani (Pashto:غني عثمان; born 20 November 1996) is an Afghan international cricketer.[1] He is a right-handed opening batsman.
Ghani made his debut in the2014 Asian Cricket Council Premier League againstHong Kong atBayuemas Oval,Kuala Lumpur on May 1, 2014. He took a wicket for 21 runs in the match, besides scoring 70 runs off 68 balls. In the next ODI against theUAE, he scored 55 runs. He was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 228 runs at an average of 45.60.[2]
OnAfghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe, in the first ODI, he scored 79 runs with six fours and three sixes and helpAfghanistan edge pastZimbabwe A by 16 runs in the tour match atBulawayo Athletic Club.[3]
In the second ODI, atQueens Sports Club, Ghani scored 118 off 143 deliveries which is the jointly equal for the highest score by an Afghanistan batsman and the highest individual score wasGulbadin Naib's 23 butSikandar Raza's 141 helpedZimbabwe crushAfghanistan by eight wickets and took 2–0 lead in the four-match series.[4]
He made hisTwenty20 International debut for Afghanistanagainst Zimbabwe on 26 October 2015.[5]
He made hisfirst-class debut forBand-e-Amir Region in the2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017.[6]
In July 2018, he was the leading run-scorer for Band-e-Amir Region in the2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with 218 runs in five matches.[7]
In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in thefirst edition of theAfghanistan Premier League tournament.[8] and his first-wicket partnership with Hazaratullah Zazai was also a record for any wicket in a T20I, with 236 runs scored. In September 2020, he was the leading run-scorer in the2020 Shpageeza Cricket League, with 355 runs in seven matches.[9]
In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[10]
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