List of Afghanistan national cricket captains

This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Afghanistan in an official international match. This includes the ICC Trophy, Under-19 games and One Day International.

Men's cricket

Test captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Afghanistan cricket team for at least one Test match.

A cricketer who has a symbol of next to a Test match series describes their role as captain and their participation in at least one game for the team.

Afghanistan Test match captains[1][2]
No. Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1 Asghar Afghan 2018  India  India 1 0 1 0
2018–19  Ireland  India 1 1 0 0
2020–21  Zimbabwe  UAE 2 1 1 0
Total 4 2 2 0
2 Rashid Khan 2019–20  Bangladesh  Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
2019–20  West Indies  India 1 0 1 0
Total 2 1 1 0
3 Hashmatullah Shahidi 2023  Bangladesh  Bangladesh 1 0 1 0
Grand total[3] 7 3 4 0

One Day International captains

Afghanistan played their first ODI on April 19, 2009.The table of results is complete up to the third ODI against Sri Lanka in November 2022.

Afghanistan ODI captains[4]
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result
1 Nawroz Mangal 2009–2012 22 12 0 10 0
2 Karim Sadiq 2012 1 0 0 1 0
3 Mohammad Nabi 2013-2015 28 13 0 15 0
4 Asghar Afghan 2015–2021 59 34 1 21 3
5 Rashid Khan 2018–2019 7 1 0 6 0
6 Gulbadin Naib 2019 12 2 0 10 0
7 Hashmatullah Shahidi 2022 12 8 0 3 1
Grand total[5] 141 70 1 66 4

Twenty20 International captains

Afghanistan played their first T20I on February 1, 2010.The table of results is complete up to the third T20I against Pakistan in March 2023.

Afghanistan T20I Captains[6]
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result
1 Nawroz Mangal 2010–2012 13 6 0 7 0
2 Mohammad Nabi 2013–2022 35 16 0 19 0
3 Asghar Afghan 2015–2021 52 42 1 9 0
4 Rashid Khan 2019–present 13 8 0 5 0
Total[7] 113 72 1 40 0

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

Afghanistan debuted in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in the 2009 tournament

Afghan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No Result
1 Nawroz Mangal 2009 10 6 0 4 0
2 Asghar Afghan 2018 10 5 0 5 0
Overall 20 11 - 9 -

References

  1. ^ "ESPNcricinfo.com Statsguru - Afghanistan - Test matches - Team analysis". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ^ "Test Matches/ Team Records/ Result Summary". Cricinfo.
  4. ^ Records / Afghanistan / One-Day Internationals / List of captains, Cricinfo, retrieved 2021-01-24
  5. ^ Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary, Cricinfo, retrieved 2021-01-24
  6. ^ "List of Afghanistan T20I captains". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Records/ Twenty20 International/ Results Summary". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2021.