Shapoor Zadran (; born 8 July 1987) is an Afghan

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er who currently plays for the national cricket team. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler.

Early life

Zadran was born on 8 July 1987 in

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, Afghanistan. He was a refugee in

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, Pakistan, where he started playing cricket along with

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, Asghar Stanikzai, and Dawlat Zadran.

Domestic career

Zadran made his debut for Afghanistan against

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in the 2003/4 Inter-District Senior Tournament. His international debut for the side came against

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in the

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. Zadran also represented Afghanistan in the

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, playing a single match against

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, in the final which Afghanistan lost by 3 wickets. In 2007, he made his List-A debut for Badureliya Cricket Club in against

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in Sri Lanka, playing a single match for the club in the 2007/8

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. In 2007 he made his

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debut for Afghanistan in the

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against

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, playing 3 matches in the tournament, including in the final against

which ended in a

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. Zadran was part of the rapidly rising Afghan team that from 2008 to 2009 won the

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Division Five,

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and

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, thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to partake in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier, where they gained ODI status. In 2009, Zadran made his first-class debut for Afghanistan in the Intercontinental Cup against a Zimbabwe XI in which Afghanistan drew the match.

International career

Zadran made his

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debut against the

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during Afghanistan's tour of the Netherlands in 2009, where he took 4/24 from 10 overs. Despite this, Afghanistan lost the match by 8 runs. Later, in November 2009 he was a member of Afghanistan's 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup winning squad. In 2010 made his full

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debut against

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in the 2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka. Later on in February 2010, Zadran was a key member of Afghanistan's

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winning squad and was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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. In April 2010, Zadran was a key member of Afghanistan's 2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad which defeated

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in the final, with Zadran taking a single wicket for the cost of just 11 runs from 7 overs. He was part of Afghanistan squad in the T20 World Cup 2012 in Sri Lanka and looked impressive. In the T20 World Cup, he along with

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set the record for the highest 9th wicket partnership in ICC World T20 history (44), which is still a record for Afghanistan. In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's

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squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh, but he did not play. In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zadran, Shapoor 1987 births Living people Pashtun cricketers Afghan cricketers 21st-century Afghan sportsmen Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Badureliya Sports Club cricketers Khulna Tigers cricketers Afghan expatriate cricketers in Bangladesh Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Logar Province