1. Hashim Mahomed Amla OIS was born on 31 March 1983 and is a South African former international cricketer who captained the national side in Tests and ODIs.
49 Facts About Hashim Amla
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Hashim Amla became the fastest cricketer to reach 10 ODI centuries.
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Hashim Amla is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played for South Africa, and one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time.
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Hashim Amla is a right-handed batsman and holds the record for the highest individual Test score of any South African batsman of 311 not out, scored against England at The Oval, London in July 2012.
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Hashim Amla became the fastest cricketer to score 15,16,17,18 and 20 centuries in One Day International Cricket, doing so in 86,94,98,102 and 108 innings, respectively.
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Hashim Amla has scored ODI centuries against all Test playing countries and is only the fourth person to do so.
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Hashim Amla was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013.
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On 19 January 2018, Hashim Amla broke Virat Kohli's record for being the fastest cricketer to reach 27 centuries in ODI cricket.
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Hashim Amla has reached the milestone in 167 innings, surpassing Kohli's 169.
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On 8 August 2019, Hashim Amla announced his retirement from international cricket.
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On 18 January 2023, Hashim Amla announced his retirement from all cricket.
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Hashim Amla is of Indian descent; his grandfather had migrated to South Africa from Surat, India, in 1927.
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Hashim Amla was raised in a middle-class home and sent to the Durban High School, which is the alma mater of Lance Klusener and Barry Richards.
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Hashim Amla's elder brother, Ahmed Amla, was a professional cricketer.
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Hashim Amla's promise led him to being appointed captain of KwaZulu-Natal at the young age of 21.
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Hashim Amla was cited as a future captain of South Africa ever since his first-class years.
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Hashim Amla moved from the Dolphins to Cape Cobras in 2013.
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Hashim Amla played for the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League.
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Hashim Amla has scored 410 runs in 11 matches with a strike rate of 126.54.
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Hashim Amla was picked for the 2016 Indian Premier League by the Kings XI Punjab as a replacement for Shaun Marsh, after the latter's injury.
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Hashim Amla has scored 577 runs in 16 matches, which included two centuries and three half-centuries.
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Hashim Amla was named in the Cricbuzz IPL XI of the tournament.
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Just before the 2020 Pakistan Super League season, Hashim Amla replaced Younus Khan as batting mentor for Peshawar Zalmi.
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Hashim Amla subsequently continued this success, earning a national contract and scoring 1599 runs at an average of 57.10 in his next 19 Tests, solidifying his position as South Africa's regular number 3 batsman.
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Hashim Amla has had four spells playing county cricket in England, for Essex in 2009, Nottinghamshire in 2010, Surrey in 2013 and Derbyshire in 2015.
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Hashim Amla's performances saw him move up the ICC Test batting rankings.
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Hashim Amla started 2010 in February with a two-match Test series against India in India.
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The South African chase collapsed poorly but Hashim Amla still managed another century scoring 123* as South Africa were bowled out for 290 and crashed to an innings defeat.
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Hashim Amla top-scored in the first ODI with 102 as South Africa coasted to a comfortable victory.
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Hashim Amla followed this up with 92 in the second ODI as South Africa again sealed a 17 run victory.
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Hashim Amla made 45 in the fifth and final ODI before he was run-out by Kieron Pollard as South Africa won narrowly by one wicket.
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The first Test was a poor one for Hashim Amla scoring 2 and 5 as South Africa still won comfortably.
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Hashim Amla had a quiet final ODI scoring 24 as South Africa won by 264 runs.
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Hashim Amla went into a five-match ODI series against Pakistan on the back of good form and in the first ODI managed 35 as South Africa won by 8 wickets.
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Hashim Amla scored a quickfire half century in the second ODI before being given out lbw to a Shahid Afridi leg break, despite this good knock from Hashim Amla and 286 from South Africa, they couldn't win the match courtesy of a superb century by Abdul Razzaq scoring 109 off just 73 balls.
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Hashim Amla was selected in place of opener Loots Bosman.
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Hashim Amla scored 311 not out in a man of the match performance while fasting as South Africa defeated England by an innings and 12 runs.
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Hashim Amla was South Africa's man of the series and during the ODI series that followed, he scored a career-best 150 in the 2nd match against England in Southampton.
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Hashim Amla was named in the ODI XI of the year by ESPNcricinfo.
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Hashim Amla was named in the Test XI for 2013 by ESPNcricinfo.
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In June 2014, Hashim Amla became South Africa's first permanent non-white Test captain, ahead of the Sri Lanka tour following Graeme Smith's retirement.
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Hashim Amla captained his side to a historic victory against Sri Lanka in his first Test series as captain.
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Hashim Amla continued to make domestic appearances for Surrey when other commitments allowed.
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Hashim Amla was included in the Boland cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.
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In January 2016, Hashim Amla stepped down as South Africa captain following a drawn Test against England at Newlands.
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Hashim Amla's team lost the first Test against England in the home series.
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The second Test, the one after which Hashim Amla announced his resignation, ended in a draw after a double hundred from the South African captain.
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On 19 June 2019, in the match against New Zealand, Hashim Amla became the second-fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 8,000 runs in ODIs, doing so in his 176th innings.
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On 8 August 2019, Hashim Amla announced his playing retirement from all forms of international cricket.