Aftab Alam

  • Nov 30, 1992 (30 years)
  • Nangarhar, Afghanistan
  • RIGHT
  • Right Arm fast medium
Player Batting Status
  M Inn NO Runs HS Avg SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
ODI 27 17 10 80 16 11.43 74.77 0 0 0 9 3
T20I 12 5 3 2 1 1.0 22.22 0 0 0 0 0
Player Bowling Status
  M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
27 27 1257 1033 41 4/25 4/25 4.93 25.2 30.66 0 0
12 12 245 324 11 2/23 2/23 7.93 29.45 22.27 0 0
Biography

Aftab Alam is a right-arm pacer better known for his 3 for 18 in the Asian Cricket Council Under-15 Cup in April 2005 against Qatar. He was also a part of the Afghanistan Under-19 squad for the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand and finished as the leading wicket-taker for Afghanistan with 12 scalps.

Alam made his ODI debut in February 2010 against Canada and has played only a handful of games since then. His T20I debut came against Ireland in March 2012. Alam also aspires to be a bowling coach in future.

He picked up his best ODI bowling figures of 3/48 against Scotland in January 2015. Even though he has not been a regular in the national side over the years, Alam was included in the 15-member squad for the World Cup 2015.

By Sonali Dhulap and Sidhant Maheshwari