Abdul Bangalzai

Abdul Bangalzai (born 4 March 2003) is a Pakistani cricketer.^[1]

Abdul Bangalzai

Personal information
Full name	Abdul Wahid Bangalzai
Born	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 20) Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2020/21–present	Balochistan
2022–present	Quetta Gladiators (squad no. 11)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2022

Early career

Bangalzai was born in Quetta into a poor family, his father being a truck worker who had to borrow money to buy his first white playing kit, Bangulzai often going to bed without having dinner, but due to the PCB’s Pathways Programme, providing financial help as well educational scholarship and elite coaching, Bangulzai could continue his professional cricket career at Under-19 level.^[2]

In December 2019, due to his performances, he was eventually named in Pakistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[3]

Domestic career

In October 2020, Bangalzai made his Twenty20 debut for Balochistan in the 2020–21 National T20 Cup.^[4]

In January 2021, he was named in Balochistan's squad for the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup.^[5][6] He made his List A debut on 8 January 2021, for Balochistan, in the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup.^[7]

In October 2021, he made his first-class debut for Balochistan in the 2021–22 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.^[8]

In November 2021, in his third first-class match, he hit his maiden double-century, his unbeaten 203 also being the first double-century from a Balochistan cricketer.^[9]

In December 2021, he was named in Pakistan's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.^[10] However, the following month he was ruled out of the tournament after testing positive for COVID-19.^[11] The same month, he played in the 2021 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup.

In March 2022, in the 2021–22 Pakistan Cup, Bangalzai scored his first century in List A cricket, with an unbeaten 136 runs against Sindh.^[12]

References

1. "Abdul Bangalzai". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
2. "Abdul Wahid Bangalzai's rise from humble background to PCB Pathways Programme". Geo Super. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
3. "Pakistan squad for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 named". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
4. "17th Match, Rawalpindi, Oct 10 2020, National T20 Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
5. "Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament promises action-packed cricket". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
6. "Pakistan Cup One-Day Tournament: Fixtures Schedule, Teams, Player Squads – All you need to Know". Cricket World. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
7. "1st Match, Karachi, Jan 8 2021, Pakistan Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
8. "1st Match, Faisalabad, Oct 20 - 23 2021, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
9. "Quetta lad Wahid Bangalzai smashes unbeaten double-century". PCB. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
10. "Qasim Akram to lead Pakistan in ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
11. "Pakistan's Abdul Bangalzai to miss U-19 World Cup after testing positive for Covid-19". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
12. "Pakistan Cup: Back-to-back victories for Sindh and KPK". Cricket Pakistan. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

External links

• Abdul Bangalzai at ESPNcricinfo