Mohammad Asghar Afghan (Pashto: محمد اصغر افغان), and also known as Asghar Salamkhail (اصغر سلامخېل), is an Afghan cricketer and the current captain of the Afghanistan national cricket team. Afghan is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler. In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Afghanistan, for their inaugural Test match, played against India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018. In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) dropped him as captain of the Afghanistan team across all three formats. However, in December 2019, the ACB reappointed Asghar Afghan as the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats. On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan.
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Mohammad Asghar Afghan 22 February 1987 (age 38) Kabul
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