Karim Khan Sadiq (; born 28 February 1984) is an Afghan
cricket
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er. He is a right-handed
batsman
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who occasionally serves as a
wicket-keeper
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for the
Afghanistan national team. He can also bowl
off break
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, and took 4 wickets for 27 runs against
Denmark
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in their first match of the
2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.
Early career
Sadiq is a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that in under a year has won the
World Cricket League
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Division Five,
Division Four
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and
Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to partake in the
2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier's.
He was suspended for one match during the
2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier due to "inappropriate and intentional physical contact" in their defeat to the Netherlands. During the tournament he performed well with the bat, top scoring with 92, and, surprisingly for a wicketkeeper, with the ball.
Quitting Afghanistan
Shortly after Afghanistan achieved ODI status, Sadiq quit the national setup as he was upset at his brother,
Hasti Gul, being dropped for their
ICC Intercontinental Cup
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match against
Zimbabwe XI. Sadiq accused national coach
Kabir Khan of not acting in the best interest of the team.
Return
Sadiq's international retirement was short lived, as he made his
first-class debut in January 2010 against
Ireland
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, where he made scores of 19 and 1.
In February 2010, Sadiq made his
Twenty20 International
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debut in the Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series against Ireland. Sadiq took 2/17 with the ball. Afghanistan lost the match by 5 wickets. Later, Sadiq was a key member of Afghanistan's
World Twenty20 Qualifier winning team. He was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the
2010 ICC World Twenty20
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.
Sadiq was a key member of Afghanistan's
2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad, which defeated
Nepal
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in the final by 95 runs. In final, Sadiq top-scored for Afghanistan with 58 runs. In Afghanistan's first match of the tournament, he scored 130 runs off 92 balls against
Bhutan
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in Afghanistan's 393-run win.
He later played for the newly formed
Afghan Cheetahs team in the
Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011-12. Sadiq later featured in Afghanistan's first One Day International against a
Full Member Test-playing nation when they played
Pakistan
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at
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
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It was originally constructed ...
in February 2012. Sadiq top scored in Afghanistan's innings with 40 runs, before becoming one of
Shahid Afridi
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Afridi made ...
's
five wickets. Pakistan won the encounter by 7 wickets.
In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the
first edition
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of the
Afghanistan Premier League tournament.
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Afghan cricketers
21st-century Afghan sportsmen
Pashtun cricketers
Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Nangarhar Province
Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
Afghan Cheetahs cricketers
Afghan cricket captains
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Boost Defenders cricketers
Kandahar Knights cricketers
Wicket-keepers