19 Facts About Gulbadin Naib

Gulbadin Naib was born on 4 June 1991 and is an Afghan cricketer.

Gulbadin Naib led Afghanistan to the silver medal in the 2022 Asian Games.

Gulbadin Naib was born in Puli Alam in the Logar Province of Afghanistan.

Gulbadin Naib made his debut for Afghanistan against Japan in the 2008 World Cricket League Division Five, where he made five appearances.

Gulbadin Naib took part in the documentary Out of the Ashes which followed the team's preparation for the tournament and their lives back in Afghanistan; Naib is shown body building in a Kabul gym and stating Arnold Schwarzenegger to be one of his inspirations.

Two years after the filming of the documentary, following which Gulbadin Naib lost his place in the Afghan side, he was selected as part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2010 Asian Games, playing a single match against Hong Kong.

Gulbadin Naib made his List A debut for Afghanistan when they became the first side to tour Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.

Gulbadin Naib scored his maiden Twenty20 half century during the tournament, scoring 68 from 42 balls against Faisalabad Wolves.

Gulbadin Naib later featured in Afghanistan's first One Day International against a Full Member Test-playing nation when they played Pakistan at Sharjah in February 2012.

Gulbadin Naib scored 7 runs in the match, before becoming one of Shahid Afridi's five wickets.

Gulbadin Naib was selected as part of Afghanistan's fourteen man squad for the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier held in the United Arab Emirates in March 2012.

Gulbadin Naib scored 86 runs in the qualifier, at an average of 13.50, with a high score of 26 not out.

In 2012, Gulbadin Naib was a member of Afghanistan's squad for their tour of Ireland as part of their Intercontinental Cup commitments.

Gulbadin Naib played in both of the team's World Cricket League Championship ODIs against Ireland.

Gulbadin Naib made his first-class debut during the tour in the Intercontinental Cup fixture, which saw Naib dismissed for 13 runs in his only innings of the match by Alex Cusack, while in Ireland's first-innings he took the wicket of Andrew Balbirnie to finish with figures of one for 33 from six overs.

Gulbadin Naib scored 44 against England, and was the only Afghan batsman to pass double figures as the English won by 119 runs.

On 24 June 2019, in the match against Bangladesh, Gulbadin Naib played in his 100th international match for Afghanistan.

Gulbadin Naib went onto become the first bowler in either Men's T20 World Cup or Men's ODI World Cup history to take four wickets in a World Cup innings after coming in as the 8th bowling option.

In September 2018, Gulbadin Naib was named in Balkh's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.