Asadullah Khan is an Afghan former

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er. Khan is a right-handed

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and right arm medium-pace bowler. He has previously represented the

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Playing career

His debut for the national team came in 2003 when Afghanistan played

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in the 2003/04 Inter-District Senior Tournament. He later represented Afghanistan in the

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, where he represented Afghanistan in 6 matches, the last of which came against

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. Three years passed before Khan represented Afghanistan again. In 2007, he represented the team in 2007/08 Inter-District Senior Tournament, playing 3 matches against

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, Charsadda District and

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. The following year he was a member of Afghanistan's

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squad. During that tournament he played a single match for Afghanistan against

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Post-playing career

Khan no longer represents the senior team, but is a senior youth coach for the Afghan Youth Cricket Association. He is the current coach of the newly formed Tajikistan national cricket team. He is also going to be the chief guest of Rajagiri Public School,Doha,Qatar for the school's annual athletic meet. In 2021, Khan was appointed head coach of the

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References

1987 births Living people Afghan cricketers 21st-century Afghan sportsmen Afghan cricket coaches Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Tajikistan Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar {{Afghanistan-cricket-bio-stub