Ihsanullah Khan Mangal (born 28 December 1997) is an Afghan
cricket
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er who plays as a right-handed
opening batsman
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.
He made his
first-class debut for
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
against the
Netherlands
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in the
2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 29 July 2016.
Prior to his first-class debut, he captained the
Afghanistan U-19 team in the
2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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.
He made his
Test cricket
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debut in March 2019. Ihsanullah is the younger brother of former Afghanistan captain
Nawroz Mangal
Nawroz Mangal (born Nawroz Khan Mangal) (نوروز خان منګل; born 28 November 1984) is a former cricketer from Afghanistan. Mangal is a former captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team who is known for leading Afghanistan to the ...
.
International career
He made his
One Day International
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(ODI) debut
against Zimbabwe at the
Harare Sports Club
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on 24 February 2017.
He made his domestic
List A
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debut (having already played two List A matches for Afghanistan A and the ODI against Zimbabwe) for
Boost Region
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in the
2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
The 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan from 10 to 19 August 2017. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with List A status, following the annou ...
on 11 August 2017.
He made his
Twenty20
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debut for
Mis Ainak Knights
Mis Ainak Knights ( ''Mis Ainak Atalān'') or Mis Ainak Region is one of eight regional first-class cricket teams in Afghanistan. The region represents the following provinces in the southeast of Afghanistan, to the south of the capital Kabul: Kh ...
in the
2017 Shpageeza Cricket League
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on 12 September 2017.
In November 2017, in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup match against the
United Arab Emirates
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, Ihsanullah and
Rahmat Shah Zurmatai made the highest partnership for Afghanistan in first-class cricket, scoring 197 runs for the second wicket.
Ihsanullah also scored his maiden first-class century in the process.
In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the
2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
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.
In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural
Test match, played
against India, but he was not selected for the match.
In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's
Test
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squad for their one-off match
against Ireland in India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against
Ireland
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on 15 March 2019.
In May 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) squad for their series
against Zimbabwe. He made his T20I debut on 14 June 2022, for Afghanistan against
Zimbabwe
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.
T20 franchise career
In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the
first edition
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of the
Afghanistan Premier League
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tournament.
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Afghan cricketers
21st-century Afghan sportsmen
Afghanistan Test cricketers
Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
Sportspeople from Khost
Boost Defenders cricketers
Paktia Panthers cricketers