Ahmed Shahzad Biography
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Ahmed Shehzad is young & talented opening batsman, he was born 23 November 1991. He is a Pakistani cricketer and plays domestic cricket for Habib Bank Limited. He made his One Day International debut for Pakistan on 24 April 2009 against Australia. Ahmed Shehzad aims to be a destructive batsman, likes to play big shots but sometime change his approach as well. Shehzad made his first appearance for Pakistan in a one-day international against Australia on 29 April 2009. In his first four matches he scored 4, 40, 43 and 19. These dependable performances intended that Shehzad made his Twenty20 debut against Australia then he was chosen for the Pakistan squad in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 where he only played one-game which was the opening game against England.
Shehzad played in the three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand. After failing on batting at number 3 for these two matches Shehzad replaced Shahid Afridi as opener and scored his first Twenty20 half-century scoring 54 of just 34 balls. He scored 115 an ODI against New Zealand during the series and was given a place in the Pakistan world cup squad. So far, he played 19 ODI’s and scored 477 runs with batting average of 26.50 including 2 100’s. His highest score is 115. Whereas, he played 6 T20Is and scored 103 runs with batting average of 17.16 including 1 50’s. His highest score is 54. Ahmed Shehzad also played in Bangladesh Premier League, 2011/12 from Barisal Burners where he was flawless with his batting, scored 370 runs in 11 matches including 3 50’s and a century 113 not out, an inning to put his team in final. His talent and temperament shows that he is a deserving player to get a chance in Pakistan Cricket Team as an aggressive opening batsman for ODI’s and T20I’s matches.
Test career
Ahmed Shehzad was shortlisted for the Pakistan A match against South Africa in the UAE in October 2013. He scored a fifty in the game and was selected for one of the 3 remaining slots in the Test squad alongside Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq. He was, however, not selected in the playing XI in either of the 2 Tests against South Africa. Shehzad again selected for the three Tests against Sri Lanka, also in the UAE, starting on 31 December 2013, and stretching to January 2014. This was based on good showing in the limited overs leg of the tour. He debuted in the first Test, and was presented his first Test cap by Younis Khan. He scored 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second.[7] The match was drawn.
In his 3rd test match Shehzad scored a maiden century [8][9] aganinst Sri Lanka. He scored 147 run from 275 balls and batted for 339 minutes, hit 12 fours and a six
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
Ahmed Shahzad
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