Nijat Masood

Nijat Masood (born 30 December 1998) is an Afghan cricketer, who mainly plays as a right-arm medium bowler. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in June 2022.^[1]

Nijat Masood

Personal information
Born	(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25) Kabul, Afghanistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Afghanistan
Test debut (cap 26)	14 June 2023 v Bangladesh
Last Test	2 February 2024 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 46)	11 June 2022 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	14 June 2022 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017–present	Mis Ainak Region (squad no. 99)
Source: Cricinfo, 14 June 2023
Medal record Representing  Afghanistan Men's Cricket Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team

Career

He made his List A debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017.^[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[3]

He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 20 October 2017, taking six wickets for 55 runs in the first innings.^[4]

In July 2018, he was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with thirteen dismissals in five matches.^[5] In September 2018, he was named in Kabul's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.^[6]

He made his Twenty20 debut for the Boost Defenders in the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy on 5 October 2018.^[7] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup, with seventeen dismissals in five matches.^[8] In November 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.^[9] Following a strong performance in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad, for their one-off match against the West Indies.^[10]

In February 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh.^[11] In May 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's T20I squad for their series against Zimbabwe,^[12] and as a reserve in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for the same tour.^[13] He made his T20I debut on 11 June 2022, for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe.^[14]

He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Bangladesh, on 14 June 2023.^[15]

References

1. "Nijat Masood". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
2. "2nd Match, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament at Khost, Aug 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
3. "All 16 squads confirmed for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
4. "1st Match, Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament at Amanullah, Oct 20-23 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
5. "2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
6. "APL 2018: All you need to know". Crictracker. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
7. "4th Match, Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy at Abu Dhabi, Oct 5 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
8. "Provincial Challenge Cup (Grade I), 2019: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
9. "Afghanistan Emerging travels to Bangladesh for Asia Cup". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
10. "Hamza, Nijat in Afghanistan squad for West Indies Test". SportStar. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
11. "Nabi included in ODI squad for Bangladesh series". CricBuzz. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
12. "Afghanistan call up Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar for ODIs in Zimbabwe; Gulbadin dropped". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
13. "Zia-ur-Rehman gets maiden call-up in Afghanistan squad for Zimbabwe ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
14. "1st T20I, Harare, June 11, 2022, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
15. "Only Test, Mirpur, June 14 - 18, 2023, Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

External links

• Nijat Masood at ESPNcricinfo