| Najeeb Tarakai | |||||
| Country: | Afghanistan | ||||
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1991 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||||
| Death Place: | Jalalabad, Afghanistan | ||||
| Batting: | Right-handed | ||||
| Role: | Opening batsman | ||||
| International: | true | ||||
| Internationalspan: | 2014–2019 | ||||
| Oneodi: | true | ||||
| Odidebutdate: | 24 March | ||||
| Odidebutyear: | 2017 | ||||
| Odidebutagainst: | Ireland | ||||
| Odicap: | 42 | ||||
| T20idebutdate: | 16 March | ||||
| T20idebutyear: | 2014 | ||||
| T20idebutagainst: | Bangladesh | ||||
| T20icap: | 25 | ||||
| Lastt20idate: | 15 September | ||||
| Lastt20iyear: | 2019 | ||||
| Lastt20iagainst: | Bangladesh | ||||
| Year1: | 2011/12 | ||||
| Year2: | 2017 | ||||
| Year3: | 2017/18 | ||||
| Year5: | 2018/19–2019 | ||||
| Columns: | 4 | ||||
| Matches1: | 1 | ||||
| Runs1: | 5 | ||||
| Bat Avg1: | 5.00 | ||||
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 | ||||
| Top Score1: | 5 | ||||
| Deliveries1: | – | ||||
| Wickets1: | – | ||||
| Bowl Avg1: | – | ||||
| Fivefor1: | – | ||||
| Tenfor1: | – | ||||
| Best Bowling1: | – | ||||
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– | ||||
| Matches2: | 12 | ||||
| Runs2: | 258 | ||||
| Bat Avg2: | 21.50 | ||||
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 | ||||
| Top Score2: | 90 | ||||
| Deliveries2: | – | ||||
| Wickets2: | – | ||||
| Bowl Avg2: | – | ||||
| Fivefor2: | – | ||||
| Tenfor2: | – | ||||
| Best Bowling2: | – | ||||
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– | ||||
| Matches3: | 24 | ||||
| Runs3: | 2,030 | ||||
| Bat Avg3: | 47.20 | ||||
| 100S/50S3: | 6/10 | ||||
| Top Score3: | 200 | ||||
| Deliveries3: | 1,449 | ||||
| Wickets3: | 21 | ||||
| Bowl Avg3: | 38.47 | ||||
| Fivefor3: | 0 | ||||
| Tenfor3: | 0 | ||||
| Best Bowling3: | 4/59 | ||||
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 21/– | ||||
| Matches4: | 17 | ||||
| Runs4: | 553 | ||||
| Bat Avg4: | 32.52 | ||||
| 100S/50S4: | 1/3 | ||||
| Top Score4: | 121 | ||||
| Deliveries4: | 204 | ||||
| Wickets4: | 4 | ||||
| Bowl Avg4: | 36.75 | ||||
| Fivefor4: | 0 | ||||
| Tenfor4: | 0 | ||||
| Best Bowling4: | 2/21 | ||||
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 9/– | ||||
| Date: | 6 October | ||||
| Year: | 2020 | ||||
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/533953.html Cricinfo | ||||
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Najeeb Tarakai (2 February 19916 October 2020) was an Afghan cricketer who played international cricket for the Afghanistan team.[1] He played twelve Twenty20 International matches and a One Day International fixture.[2] Tarakai made his international debut at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh.[3] In domestic cricket, he scored more than 2,000 runs in first-class matches.[4] He was part of the Afghan team that won the silver medal in the cricket tournament at the 2014 Asian Games.[5]
Tarakai made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Rawalpindi Rams. He played in the Cheetahs two other fixtures in that competition, against Faisalabad Wolves and Multan Tigers.[6] In these three matches, he scored a total of 54 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 34.[7] In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[8]
He was the leading run-scorer for Speen Ghar Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 719 runs in ten matches.[9] He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 670 runs in five matches, including four centuries in successive games.[10] [11]
He made his debut against Bangladesh in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.[12] He played two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for Afghanistan in 2014.[13]
On 10 March 2017 against Ireland, Tarakai scored 90 runs during the second T20I at Greater Noida. His match-winning performance along with the bowling performance by Rashid Khan, brought him his maiden man of the match award.[14]
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Ireland at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground on 24 March 2017.[15]
On 2 October 2020, Tarakai sustained a severe head injury after being hit by a motorist while crossing a road in Jalalabad.[16] He was taken to a hospital in Nangarhar and underwent surgery while in a coma.[17] He died four days later on 6 October 2020, with his death being confirmed by the Afghanistan Cricket Board.[18] [19]