Waqar Salamkheil

Waqar Salamkheil (born 2 October 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test cricket debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2019.^[1]

Waqar Salamkheil

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Waqar Salamkheil
Born	(2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 23) Kabul, Afghanistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm unorthodox spin
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Afghanistan (2019)
Only Test (cap 14)	15 March 2019 v Ireland
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2018	Kandahar Knights
2019	Comilla Victorians
2019	Peshawar Zalmi
2024-present	MI Emirates
2024-present	Trinbago Knight Riders
2024/25	Hobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 1 12 8 72 Runs scored 1 110 3 22 Batting average – 10.00 1.00 11.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 1* 29 2 7 Balls bowled 186 3,054 372 1,474 Wickets 4 74 4 92 Bowling average 25.25 24.48 73.50 21.42 5 wickets in innings 0 6 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0 Best bowling 2/35 7/53 2/22 4/14 Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/– 3/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 April 2025

Domestic and T20 career

He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 19 November 2017, taking five wickets for 162 in the second innings.^[2] He finished the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with a total of 55 wickets.^[3]

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.^[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kandahar Knights in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League on 6 October 2018.^[5] In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Comilla Victorians team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.^[6]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.^[7][8] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.^[9] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.^[10]

He made his List A debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2019 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 September 2019.^[11] In September 2020, he was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2020 Shpageeza Cricket League, with thirteen dismissals in seven matches.^[12] In August 2021, he was selected to play for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.^[13]

International career

In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.^[14][15] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on 15 March 2019.^[16] In March 2021, the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed that he was pending selection for the Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Zimbabwe,^[17] once his visa issues had been resolved.^[18]