Ikram Alikhil ( ps, ; born 29 September 2000) is an Afghan

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er. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2019.

Domestic and U19 career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the

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on 14 September 2017. Prior to his T20 debut, he was part of Afghanistan's squad for the

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. He also scored an unbeaten century in the final of the

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and helped Afghanistan to win their maiden

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title. In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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. He made his first-class debut for Speen Ghar Region in the

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on 1 March 2018. He made his

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debut for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 July 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in the

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of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.

International career

In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the

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. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test and

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(ODI) squads for their series against Ireland in India. He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 2 March 2019. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019. On 6 June 2019, he was added to Afghanistan's squad for the

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. He replaced Mohammad Shahzad, who was ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alikhil, Ikram 2000 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan Test cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Band-e-Amir Dragons cricketers Balkh Legends cricketers Spin Ghar Tigers cricketers Paktia Panthers cricketers Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup