The Afghanistan national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Afghanistan in international cricket matches. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid 19th century, but it is only in recent years that the national team has become successful. The Afghanistan Cricket Board was formed in 1995 and became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001and a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in 2003. They are ranked 9th in International Twenty20 cricket as of 25thJuly 2015 ahead of full members Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
The national team was formed in 2001 which played in the 2009 World Cup Qualifier after rising rapidly through the World Cricket League, starting in Division Five in May 2008. The team failed to qualify for the 2011 World Cup, but did earn ODI status until 2013. In February 2010, the Afghan cricket team secured qualification to the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, the team's first major tournament. In the same year they won their first Intercontinental Cup, beating Scotland in the final. Afghanistan also won the Asia Vs Caribbean T20 Championship and beat T&T, Bangladesh and Barbados.
Afgan cricket team ODI, T20 Team List given below:-
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style |
| Asghar Stanikzai | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Hashmatullah Shaidi | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| Javed Ahmadi | Right-handed | |
| Najibullah Zadran | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| Nawroz Mangal | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| Noor Ali | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Shabir Noori | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| Usman Ghani | Right-handed | |
| Gulbadin Naib | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Karim Sadiq | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| Mohammad Nabi | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| Nasir Jamal | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break |
| Rahmat Shah | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break |
| Rashid Khan | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break googly |
| Samiullah Shenwari | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break |
| Afsar Zazai | Right-handed | – |
| Mohammad Shahzad | Right-handed | – |
| Shafiqullah | Right-handed | – |
| Aftab Alam | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Dawlat Zadran | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| Hameed Hassan | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| Izatullah Dawlatzai | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Mirwais Ashraf | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Sayed Shirzad | Left-handed | Left-arm medium |
| Shapoor Zadran | Left-handed | Left-arm fast |
| Yamin Ahmadzai | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Amir Hamza | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Mohammad Nasim Baras | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Rokhan Barakzai | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Sharafuddin Ashraf | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Zahir Khan | Left-handed | Slow left-arm chinamen |
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