Saud Shakeel (born 5 September 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team in July 2021. He made his Test debut against England in December 2022. He was part of Pakistan's squad at the 2014 U-19 World Cup and has captained the team. He scored 127 runs in 6 innings that he played in the World Cup.

Career

He made his first-class debut on 26 October 2015 in the

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. In November 2017, he was selected to play for the Quetta Gladiators in

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan Television in the

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, with 488 runs in seven matches. In April 2018, he was named in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan Television in the

2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 1 September to 8 December 2018. Following the conclusion of each match, the teams played each other in a List A fixture in the 20 ...

, with 414 runs in five matches. In December 2018, he was named in Pakistan's team for the

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. In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the

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. In September 2019, he was named in

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's squad for the

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tournament. In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. In December 2020, he was shortlisted as one of the Domestic Cricketers of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards. In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against South Africa. In March 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test and limited overs squads for their tours to South Africa and Zimbabwe. However, he was ruled out of the

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(ODI) matches against South Africa due to an injury. In June 2021, Shakeel was named in Pakistan's Test and ODI squads, for their tours of

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and England respectively. Shakeel made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for Pakistan against England. In October 2021, he was named as the captain of the Pakistan Shaheens for their tour of Sri Lanka. In November 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh. In February 2022, he was also named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Australia. In June 2022, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their two-match series in Sri Lanka. In December 2022, he was selected to play for Pakistan in the Test series against New Zealand. In the second Test, on 4 January 2023, he hit his maiden

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in Test cricket, which helped Pakistan to put 400+ runs in the board in reply to New Zealand's 449 in the first innings.

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