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Ahmed Shehzad

Shehzad in 2020
Personal information
Born	(1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 33) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Legbreak
Role	Opening batter
International information
National side	Pakistan (2009–2019)
Test debut (cap 216)	31 December 2013 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	4 May 2017 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 172)	24 April 2009 v Australia
Last ODI	16 October 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	19
T20I debut (cap 26)	7 May 2009 v Australia
Last T20I	7 October 2019 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.	19 (previously 93)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–2019	Habib Bank Limited
2012	Barisal Burners
2012	Nagenahira Nagas
2008–2015	Lahore Lions
2013	Pakistan A cricket team
2013–2014	Jamaica Tallawahs
2015	Comilla Victorians
2016–2017, 2019	Quetta Gladiators
2016	Barbados Tridents
2018	Multan Sultans
2019–2022	Central Punjab
2019	Rangpur Rangers
2019/20	Dhaka Platoon
2021	Kandy Warriors
2021	Rawalakot Hawks
2023	Lahore Whites
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 13 81 59 90 Runs scored 982 2,585 1,471 6,137 Batting average 40.91 32.56 25.80 40.91 100s/50s 3/4 6/14 1/7 {{{100s/50s4}}} Top score 176 124 111* 254 Balls bowled 48 115 6 1,349 Wickets 0 2 0 19 Bowling average – 70.00 – 49.78 5 wickets in innings – 0 – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 – 0 Best bowling – 1/22 – 4/7 Catches/stumpings 3/– 26/– 15/– 80/–
Medal record Men's cricket Representing  Pakistan T20 World Cup Winner 2009 England Team Champions Trophy Winner 2017 England & Wales Team Asia Cup Runner-up 2014 Bangladesh
Source: CricInfo, 28 July 2022

Ahmed Shehzad, born on November 23, 1991, is a former international cricketer from Pakistan. He was an opening batsman, meaning he was one of the first players to bat for his team.

He started playing for the Pakistan national team in April 2009. His first international matches were in One Day and Twenty20 games against Australia. Ahmed Shehzad was part of the Pakistani team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament. In the 2014 T20 World Cup, he made history by scoring 111 runs against Bangladesh. This was the first time a Pakistani player scored a century (100 runs) in a T20 World Cup match.

Early Life and Family

Ahmed Shehzad was born in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 23, 1991. He comes from a Pashtun family. Besides English and Urdu, he can also speak Pashto.

He grew up in a regular family home near the famous Anarkali Bazaar in Lahore. On September 19, 2015, Ahmed Shehzad married his childhood friend, Sana. They have two children: a son born in 2017 and a daughter born in 2021.

Playing for Teams in Pakistan and Around the World

Ahmed Shehzad played for many different cricket teams throughout his career. These teams were both within Pakistan and in other countries.

Top Performances in Domestic Cricket

• In 2011-2012, he was the top run-scorer in the BPL. He was also named the best batsman of the tournament.
• He scored the most runs in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup. He made 653 runs, including his highest score of 166 runs in a List A game. He was also the captain of his team during this tournament.
• In the 2016 Pakistan Cup, he was again the top run-scorer and named the best player. He scored 372 runs in just 5 matches.
• In April 2018, he was chosen to be the captain of the Balochistan squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup. He scored 251 runs for Balochistan in four matches.
• In 2019, he was part of the Federal Areas squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.
• He played for Central Punjab in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and stayed with them for the 2020–21 season.
• In November 2021, he was picked to play for the Colombo Stars in the 2021 Lanka Premier League.
• In December 2023, Ahmed Shehzad announced he was leaving the PSL. This was because no team selected him to play.

International Cricket Career

Ahmed Shehzad started his first-class cricket career in 2007. His excellent score of 167 runs for the Pakistan Youth team against England helped him get called up to the national team.

Test Match Highlights

• He played his first Test match against Sri Lanka in 2013. He scored 38 runs in the first part of the match and 55 runs in the second.
• He has a good batting average of over 40 runs in Test matches for the Pakistan Cricket Team.
• He scored three centuries and three half-centuries in Test matches.
• His centuries were against Sri Lanka (147 runs), Australia (136 runs), and New Zealand (176 runs).

One Day and Twenty20 Matches

• In his One Day International career, he scored 6 centuries and 14 half-centuries.
• In his Twenty20 International career, he scored 1 century and 7 half-centuries.
• He is the first Pakistani player to score a century in all three types of international cricket: Test, ODI, and T20I.

Amazing Records and Achievements

Ahmed Shehzad holds several impressive records in cricket:

• He is the first Pakistani batsman to score centuries in all international cricket formats (Test, ODI, and T20I).
• He scored the second-most runs (111*) and hit the second-most sixes (6) in a single T20I innings for Pakistan.
• He holds the record for the most runs (168) in a two-match T20I series by a Pakistani cricketer.
• He is the second-fastest Pakistani player to reach 5000 runs in T20 cricket.
• He is the second-highest century maker in T20 cricket from Asia, after Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam.
• He is the highest run scorer for the Lahore Lions team.
• He was the second quickest batsman to score centuries in all three international cricket formats (in 76 innings), just behind KL Rahul.
• He was the highest run scorer for the Quetta Gladiators until 2021.
• He is the first Pakistani batsman to hit three sixes in a row in a T20I match.
• He holds the record for the most boundaries (fours) in a single T20 innings, with 20 fours.
• He is the first Pakistani player to score a century against South Africa in South Africa.
• He is the youngest Pakistani player to score more than 150 runs in a Test innings.
• He held the record for the fastest century in T20 cricket from Pakistan (in just 40 balls) until 2020.
• He held the record for the highest T20I partnership for Pakistan (143* with Mohammad Hafeez) until 2021.
• He has the record for the most catches in the field for the Pakistan national under-19 cricket team.
• He has the record for the second-most centuries from Pakistan in T20 cricket, with 5 centuries.
• He has the record for the most half-centuries for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League.
• He has the record for the most centuries in knockout T20 matches, with 3 centuries.
• He has the record for the most half-centuries in the finals of the Pakistan Super League, with 2 half-centuries in 3 finals.
• He scored the first half-century of the tournament in the history of the Kashmir Premier League.
• As a captain, he scored over 630 runs with 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries in nine games of the Departmental One Day Cup in 2016. He led his team, HBL, to win the final and received the Man of the Final award.
• He was named the Man of the Tournament in the BPL in 2012.
• He scored 341 runs with an average of 51 for Quetta Gladiators in the 4th edition of the PSL. His team won the trophy for the first time that year.