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The Most Famous

CRICKETERS from Afghanistan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Cricketers. The pantheon dataset contains 68 Cricketers, 1 of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 12th most number of Cricketers behind Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Cricketers of all time. This list of famous Afghan Cricketers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Mohammad Nabi (1985 - )

With an HPI of 17.77, Mohammad Nabi is the most famous Afghan Cricketer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil (Pashto: محمد نبي عیسی خېل; born 1 January 1985) is an Afghan cricketer and former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team. Nabi is an attacking batting all-rounder, playing as a right-handed batsman and off-break bowler. He played a major role in Afghanistan's rise to the top level of international cricket, playing in both their first One Day International in April 2009 and their first Test match in June 2018. He was also part of Afghanistan's first T20I team which played against Ireland on 1 February 2010 and became the fifth cap of Afghanistan national team in Twenty20 Internationals. Nabi was also part of Afghanistan's first T20 World Cup team which played the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. He captained the side during their appearances in the 2014 Asia Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Nabi has also played in numerous Twenty20 franchise tournaments and was the first player from Afghanistan to be selected in the Indian Premier League player auction. In September 2019, Nabi retired from Test cricket with the stated aim to prolong his limited overs cricket career. In August 2020, Nabi was inducted as a member of the Afghanistan Cricket Board.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as cricketers born between 1985 and 1985. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living cricketers include Mohammad Nabi.

Living Cricketers

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