List of Afghanistan national cricket captains
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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.
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! colspan="9"| Afghanistan Test match captains{{Cite web|title=ESPNcricinfo.com Statsguru - Afghanistan - Test matches - Team analysis|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/team/40.html|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Cricinfo}}{{Cite web|title=Afghanistan Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=1&id=40&type=team|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Cricinfo}} | ||||||
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! No. !! Name !! Year !! Opposition !! Location !! Played !! Won !! Lost !! Drawn | ||||||
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| rowspan=4| Asghar Afghan | 2018 | {{cr|IND}} | {{flagu|India}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | {{cr|IRE}} | {{flagu|India}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | {{cr|ZIM}} | {{flagu|UAE}} | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| colspan=3 | Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
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| rowspan=3| 2
| rowspan=3| Rashid Khan | 2019–20 | {{cr|BAN}} | {{flagu|Bangladesh}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | {{cr|WIN}} | {{flagu|India}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| colspan=3 | Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4" |3
| rowspan="4" |Hashmatullah Shahidi |2023 |{{cr|BAN}} |{{cr|BAN}} |1 |0 |1 |0 | ||||||
| 2023/24
|Sri Lanka |Sri Lanka |1 |0 |1 |0 | ||||||
| 2023/24
|Ireland |UAE |1 |0 |1 |0 | ||||||
| colspan="3" |Total
|3 |0 |3 |0 | ||||||
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| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | Grand total{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283877.html|title=Test Matches/ Team Records/ Result Summary|work=Cricinfo}} | 9 | 3 | 6 | 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.
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|+ Afghanistan ODI captains{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=2;id=40;type=team |title=Records / Afghanistan / One-Day Internationals / List of captains |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=2021-01-24}} ! 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 | |
| bgcolor=#def | 7 | Hashmatullah Shahidi | 2022 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| colspan=3 | Grand total{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283878.html |title=Records / One-Day Internationals / Team Records / Result Summary |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=2021-01-24}} || 141 || 70 || 1 || 66 || 4 |
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=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.
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|+ Afghanistan T20I Captains{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=3;id=40;type=team |title=List of Afghanistan T20I captains|work=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=24 January 2021}} ! 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 |
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| 4 | Rashid Khan | 2019–present | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| colspan=3 | Total{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283307.html |title=Records/ Twenty20 International/ Results Summary |work=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=24 January 2021}} || 113 || 72 || 1 || 40 || 0 |
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=ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)=
Afghanistan debuted in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in the 2009 tournament
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| style="background:#efefef;" colspan="9"| Afghan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains | |||||||
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! 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 |
| colspan=3 | Overall | 20 | 11 | - | 9 | - |
References
External links
- {{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=21;id=4113;type=team|title=Cricket Records | Records | Afghanistan Under-19s | Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo|publisher=stats.espncricinfo.com|access-date=2014-06-14}}
- {{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=18;id=67;type=trophy|title=Cricket Records | Records | ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy) | All matches | Most matches as captain | ESPN Cricinfo|publisher=stats.espncricinfo.com|access-date=2014-06-14}}
- {{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=2;id=40;type=team|title=Cricket Records | Records | Afghanistan | One-Day Internationals | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo|publisher=stats.espncricinfo.com|access-date=2014-06-14}}
- {{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=3;id=40;type=team|title=Cricket Records | Records | Afghanistan | Twenty20 Internationals | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo|publisher=stats.espncricinfo.com|access-date=2014-06-14}}
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