List of Afghanistan national cricket captains
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.
| Afghanistan Test match captains[1][2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| 1 | Asghar Afghan | 2018 |  India | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19 |  Ireland | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 |  Zimbabwe |  UAE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Rashid Khan | 2019–20 |  Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 |  West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Hashmatullah Shahidi | 2023 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grand total[3] | 7 | 3 | 4 | 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.
| 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 |
| 7 | Hashmatullah Shahidi | 2022 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Grand total[5] | 141 | 70 | 1 | 66 | 4 | ||
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.
| 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 |
| 4 | Rashid Khan | 2019–present | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total[7] | 113 | 72 | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)
Afghanistan debuted in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in the 2009 tournament
| Afghan ICC Trophy (ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier) Captains | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Overall | 20 | 11 | - | 9 | - | |||
References
External links
- "Cricket Records | Records | Afghanistan Under-19s | Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo". stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- "Cricket Records | Records | ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy) | All matches | Most matches as captain | ESPN Cricinfo". stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- "Cricket Records | Records | Afghanistan | One-Day Internationals | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo". stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- "Cricket Records | Records | Afghanistan | Twenty20 Internationals | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo". stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.