A cricketer from Afghanistan, Najibullah Zadran was born on February 28, 1993. He now serves as the deputy captain of the Afghanistan Twenty20 International (T20I) team from Afghanistan. Zadran pitches right-arm off-breaks and bats left-handed. He bowlers right-arm off-breaks. In July 2012, he made his debut on the international stage. In the players’ draft that took place on June 3, 2018, Zadran was chosen to be a part of the Montreal Tigers team that will compete in the first-ever Global T20 Canada event.
He was selected to be a member of Kandahar’s team for the first competition of the Afghanistan Premier League, which took place in September 2018. According to the results of the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, he was selected to be a member of the Chittagong Vikings team the next month. Zadran found out in June 2019 that he would be participating in the 2019 Global T20 Canada event as a member of the Winnipeg Hawks franchise squad.
The Khulna Tigers, who will compete in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, chose him to play for them in November of 2019. His inclusion in the St. Lucia Zouks roster for the Caribbean Premier League in 2020 came about in August of the same year. He took the position of Colin Ingram, who was unable to participate in the league owing to visa restrictions. During the rescheduled matches in the 2021 Pakistan Super League, Karachi Kings decided to sign Zadran so that he could participate in the contests.
His selection to play for the Dambulla Giants in the 2021 Lanka Premier League came about as a result of the players’ draft that took place in November of that year. During the Under-19 World Cup Qualifier that took place in Ireland in 2011, Zadran was a member of the Afghanistan Under-19 team. Within the context of the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup, Zadran made his debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Twenty20 competition against Rawalpindi Rams. Additionally, he participated in that tournament by playing against Faisalabad Wolves and Multan Tigers on two separate occasions.
Najibullah Zadran Biography
| Name | Najibullah Zadran |
| Full Name | Najibullah Zadran |
| Date of Birth | 28 February 1993 |
| Place of Birth | Logar, Afghanistan |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break |
| ODI Debut | July 05, 2012 vs. Ireland |
| Test Debut | NA |
| T20 Debut | September 19, 2012 vs. India |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
From his three outings, he scored 58 runs, with an average of 29.00 and a best score of 51 not out. His average was 29.00. When he dismissed Sohail Tanvir, he also claimed his first wicket in a match against Rawalpindi Rams, which was also the match in which he scored this score. The selection of Zadran as the captain of Afghanistan’s under-23 squad for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup took place in December 2018. In the third one-day international match against Ireland, which took place in March 2019, he achieved his maiden one-day international century.
In the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Afghanistan sent a roster of fifteen players, and Zadran was one of those players. Zadran won the position of vice-captain of the Afghanistan Twenty20 International squad in July of 2021. The announcement that he will be a part of Afghanistan’s team for the 2021 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup came in September 2021. The furious opening combination between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran powered Afghanistan to 183/5 against Uganda in their Group C encounter of the current Twenty20 World Cup 2024, which took place at the Providence Stadium on Monday.
In addition, the pair scored 154 runs in their match against Uganda, which was the second-highest opening stand in the history of the men’s Twenty20 World Cup. Gurbaz recorded the top score with 76 runs off 45 balls, while Zadran, the opener, slammed 70 runs off 46 balls, propelling Afghanistan to a total that was a serious contender. With the ball coming into the bat and the outfield being in terrific shape, Afghanistan’s openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran went off in little time at all. They took advantage of the favorable batting circumstances that prevailed at the time.
For a long time, Uganda was unable to field well, which resulted in the team giving up easy runs.
Zadran quickly joined Gurbaz in the lead after hitting four fours in a row in the sixth over. Gurbaz had taken the lead at the beginning of the match. After the first powerplay, Afghanistan was scoring at a rate of eleven runs per and over. As the Ugandan bowlers struggled to find success against the well-established hitters, Gurbaz and Zadran continued to score boundaries. The Ugandan bowlers found the going difficult.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | R | BF | NO | Avg | S/R | 100s | 50s | H | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 92 | 84 | 2060 | 2312 | 13 | 29.01 | 89.10 | 1 | 15 | 104 | 178 | 68 | 40 | 0 |
| T20Is | 103 | 92 | 1810 | 1308 | 32 | 30.16 | 138.37 | 0 | 8 | 73 | 126 | 95 | 43 | 0 |
| T20s | 222 | 199 | 4105 | 2983 | 50 | 27.55 | 137.61 | 0 | 22 | 97 | 292 | 224 | 86 | 0 |
| LISTAs | 120 | 111 | 2894 | 3064 | 17 | 30.78 | 94.45 | 1 | 23 | 104 | 246 | 116 | 55 | 0 |
| FIRSTCLASS | 5 | 10 | 306 | 371 | 0 | 30.60 | 82.47 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
Bowling
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | O | R | W | Avg | E/R | Best | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 92 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 222 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 1/6 | 0 | 0 |
| LISTAs | 120 | 17 | 55.4 | 278 | 4 | 69.50 | 4.99 | 1/10 | 0 | 0 |
| FIRSTCLASS | 5 | 4 | 26 | 85 | 2 | 42.50 | 3.26 | 1/42 | 0 | 0 |
At the same time that Gurbaz smashed four sixes and two fours, he reached his fifty-run mark in the ninth over, which was his first-ever fifty-run score in the Twenty20 World Cup. In the tenth over, Afghanistan exceeded the 100-run milestone for the first time. As we got closer to the ten-point mark, Afghanistan seemed to be in a position to get the highest score in the competition. Afghanistan was able to go above the 150-run mark because of Bilal Shah’s exciting 25-run over, which contained five no-balls and five wides.
Both Najibullah Zadran and Gulbadin Naib were able to quickly lose their wickets without doing anything in the way of scoring. Throughout the last five overs, Afghanistan was only able to score 27 runs. Cosmas Kyewuta and Brian Masaba were the ones who dragged their side back into the game, as they both concluded with two-wicket hauls, which were responsible for limiting Afghanistan to 183/5. During Afghanistan’s victory against Uganda by 125 runs in Group C of the Twenty20 World Cup 2024, which took place at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Tuesday, June 4, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, and Fazalhaq Farooqi emerged as the outstanding performers.
As a result of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran’s outstanding half-century, Afghanistan was able to dismiss Uganda for 58 runs in 16 overs after they had posted a score of 183/5. Even though he gave up five wide deliveries, Fazalhaq Farooqi was the most successful bowler for Afghanistan. He had statistics of 5/9 and an economy rate of 2.20. In addition to Farooqi, Rashid Khan, the captain of Afghanistan’s team, and Naveen-ul-Haq both took two wickets, which helped the team’s bowling performance.
