Zahir Khan (Afghan cricketer)

Zahir Khan
Personal information
Full name
Zahir Khan Pakteen
Born (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998
Kabul, Afghanistan
NicknamePaheli
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm unorthodox spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 17)5 September 2019 v Bangladesh
Last Test26 December 2024 v Zimbabwe
Only ODI (cap 47)10 March 2019 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 49)19 February 2023 v United Arab Emirates
Last T20I7 October 2023 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Band-e-Amir Region
2017–presentMis Ainak Region
2017Rangpur Riders
2018Lancashire
2018Nangarhar Leopards
2019Khulna Titans
2019Jamaica Tallawahs
2019Speenghar Region
2019/20Brisbane Heat
2020St Lucia Zouks
2020/21Melbourne Stars
2021Quetta Gladiators
2021/22Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 3 17 20 89
Runs scored 0 40 39 73
Batting average 0.00 3.33 4.87 4.29
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0* 11* 15 19*
Balls bowled 336 2,494 1,050 1,907
Wickets 7 82 40 98
Bowling average 34.14 20.85 22.65 23.22
5 wickets in innings 0 4 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/105 6/52 6/36 5/19
Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/– 0/– 10/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 October 2023
Medal record
Representing  Afghanistan
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
2022 HangzhouTeam

Zahir Khan Pakteen (Pashto: ظاهر خان; born 20 December 1998) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for Afghanistan in September 2019. He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 21 November 2015. He represented Afghanistan in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.