Player Profile

Aftab Alam

Afghanistan

Personal Information
BornNovember 30, 1992 (31 years)
Birth PlaceNangarhar, Afghanistan
Height-
RoleBowler
Batting StyleRight Handed Bat
Bowling StyleRight-arm fast-medium
ICC Rankings
Batting
Bowling
All-Rounder
FormatCurrent RankBest Rank
Test----
ODI----
T20I----

Batting Career Summary

FormatMInnNORunsHSAvgBFSR100200504s6s
Test-------------
ODI271710801611.4310774.77---93
T201253211922.23-----
IPL-------------

Bowling Career Summary

FormatMInnBRunsWicketsBBIBBMEconAvgSR5w10w
Test------/--/--0.00.0--
ODI272712571033414/254/254.9325.230.66--
T201212245324112/232/237.9329.4522.27--
IPL------/--/--0.00.0--

Profile Summary

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