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F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 5, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth31 January 1988

Age30 (as in 2018)

BirthplaceJalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

ProfessionCricketer (Batsman & Wicket-keeper)

NationalityAfghan

Marital statusMarried

Mohammad Shahzad (Cricketer) Biography

Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi is an Afghan wicket-keeper batsman known for power-hitting and a string of landmark performances for Afghanistan across formats.

Early life and background

Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi was born on 31 January 1988 in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Though his family is from Jalalabad, he spent his early years living in a refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. He is an Afghan national and grew up to pursue a career in cricket, a sport that would bring him national firsts for his country.

Career

Shahzad emerged as a right-handed batsman who also kept wicket. He made his first-class debut in 2009 against a Zimbabwe XI and that year also made his One Day International debut for Afghanistan on 30 August 2009 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen. In that series he produced a historic performance, scoring 110 and becoming the first Afghan player to record an ODI century.

He continued to rack up landmark achievements for Afghanistan. In 2010 he recorded the first double century by an Afghan in first-class cricket when he made an unbeaten 214 against Canada in the Intercontinental Cup. That year he was part of the Afghanistan side that won the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and went on to play in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. He was also in the squad when Afghanistan lifted the 2010 ACC Trophy Elite, beating Nepal in the final.

Shahzad made his Twenty20 international debut on 1 February 2010 against Ireland in Colombo. His Test debut came later, on 14 June 2018 against India in Bengaluru. He has been associated with several domestic and franchise teams, including Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Habib Bank Limited, Rangpur Riders, Peshawar Zalmi, and Paktia. He has worn jersey number 77 for Afghanistan and has worked under coach Phil Simmons.

On the field he built a reputation for aggressive batting in limited-overs cricket. In 2016 he became the first player from an associate nation to register ten scores of fifty or more in T20 internationals. In 2017 he produced an unusual double feat by scoring two separate half-centuries in two different international matches on the same day: an 80 against Oman and an unbeaten 52 against Ireland.

Public profile

Shahzad’s playing style and on-field temperament have attracted attention alongside his achievements. He stands approximately 1.63 m tall (5'4") and is listed at around 85 kg (187 lbs). He has dark brown eyes and black hair.

His public life has included disciplinary and regulatory episodes. In 2017 he received a two-match suspension in Zimbabwe after an incident when he struck his bat on the pitch following his dismissal in a qualifying match. Later that year he was sanctioned under the ICC Anti-Doping Code after ingesting the banned substance clenbuterol; the sanction included suspension from cricket-related activities for a period beginning 17 January 2017. In April 2018 he was fined by Afghan authorities after playing for a Pakistani club without the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s permission. In July 2018 the Afghanistan Cricket Board imposed a further ban for one ODI and levied a fine amounting to 50 percent of a match fee for breach of conduct.

Personal life

Shahzad is married. Public material lists his religious affiliation as Islam and notes that he follows a non-vegetarian diet. He has cited MS Dhoni as a favourite cricketer and enjoys travelling. Details such as the names of his spouse, children, and parents are not publicly specified in the available information.

Latest updates

In 2018 he was selected by the Paktia franchise for the Afghan Premier League. During the same year media reports surfaced claiming he had been approached with an offer to underperform in the APL; those reports are part of contemporaneous coverage. His domestic and franchise affiliations have included clubs in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and he has played in franchise leagues such as the Afghan Premier League.

Shahzad remains one of Afghanistan’s most prominent batsmen from the years of the team’s rapid rise, remembered for several pioneering performances and an instinctive, attacking approach behind the stumps and with the bat.

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Career Highlights

  1. First Afghan to score an ODI century (110 vs Netherlands, 2009)
  2. First Afghan to score a first-class double century (214* vs Canada, 2010 Intercontinental Cup)
  3. First associate player to record ten 50+ scores in T20Is (2016)
  4. Scored two international half-centuries in two separate matches on the same day (80 vs Oman and 52* vs Ireland, 2017)
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