Shahbaz Nadeem
Charith Asalanka
Dhananjaya de Silva
Wanindu Hasaranga
Dimuth Karunaratne
Lahiru Kumara
Kusal Mendis
Pathum Nissanka
Kasun Rajitha
Dasun Shanaka
Maheesh Theekshana
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Full Name
Shahbaz Nadeem
Born
August 12, 1989, Bokaro, Bihar
Age
34y 43d
Also Known As
Shahbaz
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Slow Left arm Orthodox
Playing Role
Bowler
TEAMS
Shahbaz Nadeem seemed destined to join the long list of high-quality Indian spinners who, unfortunately, never got to play international cricket when, out of the blue, he got called up to cover for Kuldeep Yadav on the eve of the Ranchi Test of 2019-20 against South Africa. The Test was being played at his home association; it was his proximity to the venue that ended his long pursuit of the India cap.
In the years leading up to that debut, Nadeem's left-arm spin had done all that could be asked of it. He had taken 424 first-class wickets, 81 of which came for India A at an average of under 30. He also held the record for the best figures in List A cricket: 8 for 10 against Rajasthan in 2018-19. He ended three seasons with more than 40 first-class wickets, but perhaps playing for Jharkhand, who usually played against weaker teams in the Ranji Trophy, went against him. It is tough to make it to the Indian team, but when Nadeem was the highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy in 2015-16, he wasn't even selected for Rest of India in the Irani Trophy.
So hard did Nadeem have to work for the India cap that he was 30 by the time he earned it, and had, among his team-mates, made the earliest first-class debut, as a 15-year-old back in 2004-05. He is one of the few to have played domestic cricket with MS Dhoni, his Jharkhand team-mate who didn't need to play for Jharkhand once he made it out of the drudgery of playing for a small-time domestic team.
Nadeem carries all the attributes of a successful Indian spinner: accuracy, long spells, subtle changes of trajectory, pace and seam positions, and most importantly, perseverance. He didn't seem to have one attribute for the first 15 years of his career: luck, which finally smiled on him following an injury to Yadav.
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Shahbaz Nadeem Career Stats
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 2 | 4 | 458 | 273 | 8 | 2/18 | 4/40 | 34.12 | 3.57 | 57.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 133 | - | 32600 | 14901 | 519 | 7/45 | - | 28.71 | 2.74 | 62.8 | 28 | 26 | 7 |
List A | 127 | - | 6728 | 4825 | 170 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 28.38 | 4.30 | 39.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
T20s | 144 | 142 | 3021 | 3391 | 122 | 4/12 | 4/12 | 27.79 | 6.73 | 24.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 0.50 | 30 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FC | 133 | 182 | 8 | 2633 | 177 | 15.13 | 5291 | 49.76 | 2 | 8 | - | - | 54 | 0 |
List A | 127 | 85 | 20 | 969 | 53 | 14.90 | 1254 | 77.27 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 5 | 37 | 0 |
T20s | 144 | 53 | 17 | 278 | 36* | 7.72 | 311 | 89.38 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 27 | 0 |
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Debut/Last Matches of Shahbaz Nadeem
Test Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches
Recent Matches of Shahbaz Nadeem
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
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East Zone vs Central Zone | 17 & 14 | 1/52 & 2/44 | 28-Jun-2023 | Alur | FC |
Jharkhand vs Bengal | 10 & 6 | 1/59 & 0/8 | 31-Jan-2023 | Eden Gardens | FC |
Jharkhand vs Karnataka | 22 & 5 | 5/141 & 1/24 | 24-Jan-2023 | Jamshedpur | FC |
Jharkhand vs Puducherry | 7 | 2/44 & 3/79 | 17-Jan-2023 | Puducherry | FC |
Jharkhand vs Chhattisgarh | 6 & 4 | 2/41 & 3/87 | 10-Jan-2023 | Jamshedpur | FC |