Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar

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Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar
Personal information
Born (2006-03-20) 20 March 2006 (age 19)
Bowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 34)26 December 2024 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 59)7 March 2024 v Ireland
Last ODI21 December 2024 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2022Mis Ainak Knights
Career statistics
Competition Test
ODI
 FC LA
Matches 1 11 1 15
Runs scored 6 37 6 50
Batting average 6.00 12.33 6.00 7.14
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 31* 6 31*
Balls bowled 218 422 218 632
Wickets 4 21 4 25
Bowling average 40.25 13.57 40.25 17.66
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 –
Best bowling 3/127 6/26 3/127 6/26
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 1/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 March 2025

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (

Pashto: الله محمد غضنفر, born 20 March 2006) is an Afghan cricketer, who has represented the national side. He has played for Mis Ainak Knights in the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League, and Rawalpindi Raiders in the Pakistan Junior League. He was selected for Colombo Strikers for the 2024 Lanka Premier League and the Mumbai Indians for the 2025 Indian Premier League
.

Personal life

Ghazanfar is from Paktia Province, Afghanistan. He has five older brothers, and as of 2022, he lived in Kabul.[1]

Domestic and franchise career

Ghazanfar started playing cricket in 2020 during the

Mujeeb Zadran.[1] Ghazanfar trains at the Mirza Mohammad Katawazai Cricket Centre in Kabul,[4] and has trained with the Afghanistan national under-19 cricket team.[1]

Ghazanfar has played for the Mis Ainak Knights in the Afghan Shpageeza Cricket League.[4] On his debut, he took 1/27 in 4 overs, and he took four wickets in his second appearance.[3] In 2022, he played for Rawalpindi Raiders in the Pakistan Junior League; he was one of 12 overseas players in the competition.[5] He was included in the draft for the 2022–23 Big Bash League season, but was not selected.[1][6] He was included in the Far Western United team for the inaugural season of the Nepal T20 League.[7] At the age of 15, Ghazanfar was included in the auction for the 2023 Indian Premier League.[4] He was the youngest player entered into that year's auction,[3] and his base price for the auction was ₹20 lakh (US$23,000).[1][3] He went unsold in the auction.[8]

In March 2024, Ghazanfar was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders to play for them in the 2024 Indian Premier League at a base price of ₹20 lakh (US$23,000), as a replacement for Mujeeb Ur Rahman.[9] A few days beforehand, Mumbai Indians had tried to sign him to be a nets bowler, but he was unable to get a visa to perform that role for them.[2] He was selected by Colombo Strikers for the 2024 Lanka Premier League season.[10]

He was drafted to play for Rangpur Riders in the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League.[citation needed] In November 2024, the Mumbai Indians franchise acquired the services of Ghazanfar for ₹4.80 crore in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.[citation needed]

In March 2025, he signed to play for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in that year's T20 Blast.[11]

International career

In 2023, Ghazanfar played for Junior Champions (a team of representatives from the Afghanistan under-19 national team) in the Green Afghanistan One Day Cup.[12]

He was part of the 15-man Afghanistan squad for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[13] In the game against New Zealand, he picked up 3 wickets for 29 runs.[14]

Ghazanfar made his debut for the Afghanistan senior team in their series against Ireland, at the age of at the age of 16 years and 236 days.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Who is Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, 15-year-old Afghanistan spinner who has signed up for IPL 2023 auction". Sportstar. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^
    New Indian Express
    . 29 March 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. ^
    Wisden
    . 14 December 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Afghan Prodigy & UAE's Hat-Trick Star Among 405 Shortlisted for 2023 IPL Auction". The Quint. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ "12 Pakistan Junior League foreign players reach Lahore". Cric Wick. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. News18
    . 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ "A host of international talents to take part in Nepal T20 League". Online Khabar. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ^ "TATA IPL 2023 Player Auction". Indian Premier League. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  9. ^ "IPL 2024: KKR names Allah Ghazanfar Mujeeb Ur Rahman's replacement; Keshav Maharaj joins RR in place of Prasidh Krishna". Sports Star. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Lanka Premier League 2024: Colombo Strikers Gear Up For The Upcoming Edition - Check Full Squad". Outlook. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Derbyshire sign spin bowler Ghazanfar for T20 Blast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Afghanistan: One Day cricket cup underway in Khost". Amu TV. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  13. ^ "ACB Name Squad for the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  14. ^ "AFG19 vs NZ19, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2023/24, 11th Match, Group D at East London, January 23, 2024 – Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  15. Wisden
    . 29 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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