Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil is an Afghan cricketer and former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team.
48 Facts About Mohammad Nabi
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Mohammad Nabi played a major role in Afghanistan's rise to the top level of international cricket, playing in both their first One Day International in April 2009 and their first Test match in June 2018.
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Mohammad Nabi was part of Afghanistan's first ever T20I team when the team played against Ireland on 1 February 2010 and he became the fifth cap of Afghanistan national team in Twenty20 Internationals.
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Mohammad Nabi was part of Afghanistan's first ever T20 World Cup team when Afghanistan played their first T20 World Cup match against India in a group stage match against India during the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
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Mohammad Nabi captained the side during their first appearances in the 2014 Asia Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
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Mohammad Nabi has played in numerous Twenty20 franchise tournaments and was the first player from Afghanistan to be selected in the Indian Premier League player auction.
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Mohammad Nabi started playing cricket in Peshawar at the age of 10, and his family moved back to Afghanistan in 2000, where he began playing cricket with Mohammad Shahzad, Asghar Afghan and Shapoor Zadran, all of whom would later become important members of the Afghan national team.
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Mohammad Nabi played in his first competitive match in 2003, playing for an Afghanistan team against the Rahim Yar Khan Cricket Association.
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Afghanistan's team was poor, but Mohammad Nabi top-scored for the team with 61 runs.
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In 2006, Mohammad Nabi played for Afghanistan in a tour match against the Marylebone Cricket Club in Mumbai, India.
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Mohammad Nabi top-scored for Afghanistan with 116 in a big win, and was noticed by former English Test captain Mike Gatting.
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Mohammad Nabi was then included in the MCC's Young Cricketers programme in England.
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Mohammad Nabi was part of Afghanistan's "staggering" rise from Division Five of the World Cricket League to One Day International status.
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Mohammad Nabi played in all seven of Afghanistan's matches for the tournament, scoring 108 runs and taking 10 wickets, the second-most for Afghanistan in each.
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Mohammad Nabi was named the man of the tournament, having taken 14 wickets at an average of 5.35 and scored 154 runs at an average of 25.66.
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Mohammad Nabi was in Afghanistan's team for the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, which they won to progress to the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
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Mohammad Nabi scored 58 to get his maiden ODI half-century on his ODI debut, a match which Afghanistan won.
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Mohammad Nabi continued to be an important part of Afghanistan's team in the Intercontinental Cup, and played a crucial role for the team in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, through which Afghanistan qualified for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
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Afghanistan finished the Asian Games runners-up after losing the final to Bangladesh, and Mohammad Nabi didn't remain captain after the games.
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Mohammad Nabi remained captain through the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2015 Cricket World Cup, but due to poor form and Afghanistan only winning one match in the World Cup, he resigned as captain in April 2015.
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Mohammad Nabi took on major responsibility in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 to help Afghanistan win against Hong Kong and Zimbabwe in the group stage.
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Mohammad Nabi was the man of the match in both these matches and Afghanistan advanced to the Super 10 round.
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Mohammad Nabi performed strongly in Afghanistan's match against England as they almost caused a major upset.
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Mohammad Nabi took a catch, took a wicket bowling and effected a run-out during the match but England hung on to win by 15 runs.
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Mohammad Nabi made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018.
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On 29 June 2019, in the match against Pakistan, Mohammad Nabi took his 200th wicket in international cricket.
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Mohammad Nabi finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker for Afghanistan, with ten dismissals in nine matches.
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Mohammad Nabi stepped down from captaincy following the conclusion of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup due to disagreements with the team management and frustration with the team preparation.
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Mohammad Nabi has played in numerous Twenty20 franchise tournaments around the world, including the Bangladesh Premier League, the Pakistan Super League, the Indian Premier League, the Caribbean Premier League, the Big Bash League, the Vitality Blast and the Afghanistan Premier League.
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Mohammad Nabi was the first ever player from Afghanistan to be bought in the IPL player auction.
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Mohammad Nabi played in the Bangladesh Premier League for the first time in 2013 for the Sylhet Royals.
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Mohammad Nabi was brought into the side to replace injured West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell as the team's coach Mohammad Salahuddin wanted an offspinner in the team.
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Mohammad Nabi performed well for the Royals with both bat and ball, particularly bowling well at the start of innings, and he finished the tournament as the team's leading wicket-taker with 18 wickets.
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Mohammad Nabi was drafted by the Rangpur Riders for the 2015 edition of the tournament, in which he took seven wickets and scored 37 runs.
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Mohammad Nabi was then signed for the 2016 tournament by the Chittagong Vikings.
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Mohammad Nabi had considerable success, taking 19 wickets, the most for Chittagong and the third-most across the whole tournament, and scoring his maiden BPL half-century and career-highest score with 87 not out in a match against the Rajshahi Kings.
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Mohammad Nabi changed teams to the Comilla Victorians for the 2017 tournament.
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Mohammad Nabi played for the Quetta Gladiators in the 2016 Pakistan Super League, the inaugural season of the tournament.
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Mohammad Nabi played eight matches for the Gladiators, and in his final match for the tournament against Lahore Qalandars he scored 30 runs off of 12 balls, including hitting 4 runs off the final ball of the match to win the game for the Gladiators.
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Mohammad Nabi left the tournament early to play for Afghanistan in the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier and was replaced in the side by Nathan McCullum.
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Mohammad Nabi signed to the Karachi Kings in the 2021 Pakistan Super League.
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Mohammad Nabi had been the third player from Afghanistan to go up in the 2017 auction, but the first two both went unsold.
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Mohammad Nabi was followed by Afghan teammate Rashid Khan, who went to Hyderabad.
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In January 2018, Mohammad Nabi was again bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL auction, this time for 1 crore, but he still only played two matches.
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Mohammad Nabi played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in the 2018 t20 Blast.
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Mohammad Nabi has twice been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in international cricket matches, both times while playing against Ireland.
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Mohammad Nabi was found guilty of "conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game" and was reprimanded.
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Mohammad Nabi celebrated taking a catch and appealed to the umpire despite the ball clearly having hit the ground.