Ihsanullah

Ihsanullah Khan Mangal (born 28 December 1997) is an Afghan cricketer who plays as a right-handed opening batsman.^[1] He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 29 July 2016.^[2] Prior to his first-class debut, he captained the Afghanistan U-19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[3][4] He made his Test cricket debut in March 2019.^[5] Ihsanullah is the younger brother of former Afghanistan captain Nawroz Mangal.^[1]

Ihsanullah Khan Mangal

Personal information
Full name	Ihsanullah Khan Mangal
Born	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27) Khost, Afghanistan
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batter
Relations	Nawroz Mangal (brother)
International information
National side	Afghanistan
Test debut (cap 12)	15 March 2019 v Ireland
Last Test	27 November 2019 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 40)	24 February 2017 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	23 September 2018 v Bangladesh
Only T20I (cap 47)	14 June 2022 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017	Boost Region
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 3 16 1 19 Runs scored 110 307 20 1,568 Batting average 22.00 21.92 20.00 56.00 100s/50s 0/1 0/3 0/0 4/8 Top score 65* 57* 20 248 Catches/stumpings 4/– 10/– 0/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2024

International career

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on 24 February 2017.^[6] He made his domestic List A debut (having already played two List A matches for Afghanistan A and the ODI against Zimbabwe) for Boost Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 11 August 2017.^[7] He made his Twenty20 debut for Mis Ainak Knights in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.^[8]

In November 2017, in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup match against the United Arab Emirates, Ihsanullah and Rahmat Shah Zurmatai made the highest partnership for Afghanistan in first-class cricket, scoring 197 runs for the second wicket.^[9] Ihsanullah also scored his maiden first-class century in the process.^[9]

In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.^[10]

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.^[11][12] In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.^[13][14] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019.^[15]

In May 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.^[16] He made his T20I debut on 14 June 2022, for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe.^[17]

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.^[18]