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Asghar Afghan (Mohammad Asghar Afghan) was born on 1987-12- in Kabul, Afghanistan, is an Afghan cricketer. Discover Asghar Afghan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 37 years old?

Popular As Mohammad Asghar Afghan
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Age 37 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 1987-12-
Birthday 1987-12-
Birthplace Kabul, Afghanistan
Nationality Afghanistan

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Asghar Afghan Height, Weight & Measurements

At 37 years old, Asghar Afghan height is 1.68 m .

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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Asghar Afghan Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Asghar Afghan worth at the age of 37 years old? Asghar Afghan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Cricketer. He is from Afghanistan. We have estimated Asghar Afghan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Mohammad Asghar Afghan (محمد اصغر افغان; born Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai) is an Afghan former cricketer who had captained the Afghanistan national cricket team.

Asghar is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler.

1987

Afghan was born in 1987 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

He was a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan, where he started playing cricket along with Mohammad Nabi, Dawlat Zadran, and Shapoor Zadran.

2004

Afghan made his representative international debut for Afghanistan U-17s in the 2004 ACC Under-17 competition, where he played his debut match against the United Arab Emirates Under-17s.

His debut match for the senior squad came against Oman in the 2004 ACC Trophy, as well as the 2006 ACC Trophy and the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup.

2008

Afghan was a member of the Afghanistan side that, from 2008 to 2009, won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, earning them promotion to Division Two and allowing them to take part in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier where they gained One Day International status.

In the World Cup Qualifier, Afghan made his List-A debut, against Bermuda and later in the tournament he made his One Day International debut against Scotland.

His first-class debut came in Intercontinental Cup against a Zimbabwe XI in a match that Afghanistan drew.

2009

Later, in November 2009 he was a member of Afghanistan's 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup winning squad.

2010

Afghan made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland in the 2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka.

Later on in February 2010, Afghan played a single match in Afghanistan's victorious 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, playing in the final against Ireland.

Afghan was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

In April 2010, Afghan was a key member of Afghanistan's 2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad which defeated Nepal in the final.

Afghan ended the tournament as the third leading run scorer with 253 runs, including a score of 151 runs from 83 balls against Bhutan.

2014

On March 1, 2014, Afghan's 90* helped Afghanistan win against Bangladesh which was their first win against a Test-playing nation.

He and Samiullah Shenwari put on a 164 runs partnership for the sixth wicket which is the fifth highest Partnership for the sixth wicket in the history of ODIs and the third highest ODI Partnership for Afghanistan.

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2018

In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Afghanistan, for their inaugural Test match, against India.

He made his Test debut, against India, on 14 June 2018.

On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan.

In February 2018, he had his appendix removed, therefore missing the start of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.

He was the leading run-scorer for the Kandahar Knights in the tournament, with 264 runs in eight matches.

2019

In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) dropped him as captain of the Afghanistan team across all three formats.

However, in December 2019, the ACB reappointed Asghar Stanikzai as the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats.

In March 2021, during the series against Zimbabwe, Afghan played in his 50th T20I as Afghanistan's captain.

In May 2021, he was sacked as the national team captain.

In October 2021, ahead of Afghanistan's match against Namibia in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Afghan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket following the game.

In April 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

The following month, in the ODI series against Scotland, he became the second cricketer for Afghanistan to play in 100 ODI matches.

In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Afghan announced his retirement from international cricket mid-way through the tournament, playing his final match against Namibia.

He later explained that their loss against Pakistan made him decide that the time was right to retire as the team was too hurt and he wanted to give younger players a chance.