Ahmed Shehzad was born on November 23, 1991 in Lahore, Pakistan. He is a right-handed opening batsman who has played all three forms of the game.

Ahmed Shehzad is a cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He has been part of the team since 2014 and has enjoyed a successful period with the team. Ahmed Shehzad was born on November 23, 1991 in Lahore, Punjab. Ahmed Shehzad made his debut for the Pakistan national cricket team in 2014 in the ODI/T20/Test format.

Ahmed Shehzad plays primarily as a batsman on the team and is a prolific right-hand batsman who has scored many runs for the teams in both domestic and international cricket. He can also bowl part-time spin/pace and leg breaks. He is a brilliant outfield player and can set up anywhere on the ground. He is good with both his ground field and his catching.

Ahmed Shehzad plays for the ODI/T20/Test format of the Pakistan national cricket team. He represents Barbados Tridents, Barisal Burners, Habib Bank Limited, Jamaica Tallawahs, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Lahore Ravi, Lahore Shalimar, Multan Sultans, Pakistan Under-19s, Quetta Gladiators team in domestic cricket.

Ahmed Shehzad has scored over 854 runs, played for the Pakistan national cricket team and is a successful player for the team.

Personal Life

Shehzad was born on November 23, 1991 in the city of Lahore. He belongs to a Pashtun family and is fluent in Pashto. When Shehzad was two years old, his father died and he was raised by a single mother in Anarkali.

On September 19, 2015, Shehzad married Sana, his childhood friend. Shehzad's wife gave birth to a boy on April 20, 2017, whom he named Ali Ahmad Khan.

Domestic and T20 Career

Ahmad Shehzad was the top running scorer in BPL 2011–12 and the tournament's top batsman.

He is the title winner of BPL 2016 and PSL 2019, as champion in BPL he starred in Comilla Victorians and Quetta Gladiators 2016. Shehzad was the leading run scorer in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup with 653 runs, including a career-high List A Cricket score of 166 in the semifinals. He was also the team's captain. He scored three centuries and three half centuries in nine games during the tournament.

At the Pakistan Cup 2016 he was the scorer with the most runs and man of the tournament. He scored 372 carries in just 5 games using 3 half centuries and hundred.

In April 2018, he was named captain of the Balochistan squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup. He scored the most runs for Balochistan during the tournament with 251 carries in four games. In March 2019, he was named to the Federal Areas squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.

He failed a drug test in 2018 and was banned for 10 weeks. In July 2019 he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.

In September 2019, he was named to Central Punjab's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. He was retained by Central Punjab for the 2020/21 domestic season. In November 2021, he was selected following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League to play for the Colombo Stars.

International Career

Shehzad made his first class debut in 2007 at the age of just 16. He had an excellent performance in his first-class career. He played 18 top-flight matches and hit 5,504 runs for a healthy 41.69 average. He scored 14 centuries and 30 fifties in his top-flight career. He also made 149 List-A matches at a young age and hit 6,100 runs with 16 centuries and 36 fifties for a 42.95 average.

ODI Career

In 2008 he was part of the Pakistan U19 World Cup team. After catching the attention of national teams with his domestic cricket performances, he made his One Day International and Twenty20 International debuts for Pakistan against Australia in April 2009 aged just 17. He struggled against Australia in that series but retained his spot for the away series against New Zealand, showing off his skills with the racquet. He represented Pakistan at the 2011 World Cup and opened the innings for Pakistan. Pakistan reached the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Shehzad played 81 ODI Internationals for Pakistan and hit 2605 runs with 6 centuries and 14 fifties. His average in ODIs is 32.56. He scored his first 3 centuries playing abroad in New Zealand, the West Indies and South Africa. He played exceptionally well against Sri Lanka and New Zealand. He has 662 runs in 18 games against Sri Lanka and 488 runs against New Zealand in 15 games.

Test Career

Shehzad made his Test debut almost 4 years after his ODI debut. He was selected for Pakistan's squad against Sri Lanka. He struggled in the first two friendly matches but immediately impressed everyone with the century in the third friendly against Sri Lanka. However, he later failed to perform consistently, forcing the selectors to remove him from the testing team.

He played a total of 13 Test games and hit 982 carries in 25 innings, scoring 3 centuries with a 50.98 average. He only played his friendlies against Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the West Indies. He also did well in the tests against Sri Lanka. He scored 502 runs from 8 Tests against them. He only played 1 Test match against New Zealand and recorded an excellent knock of 176 runs.

T20I Career

While playing against the Aussies in T20I after his debut, he has yet to prove his peak performance. In 59 games, he hit 1,471 runs with an average of just 25.80. He played a total of 3 ICC T20 World Cups. In 2009, he played just one game in his World Cup season, but in 2014 he got stronger, scoring an excellent 111-run shot against Bangladesh. He was also the first cricketer from Pakistan to score hundreds in any format of the game.

He had the most runs and most sixes in a T20 innings by a Pakistani player, he was also the fastest 5000-run scorer in T20 cricket from Pakistan. He has also played for the Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League and is also the highest run scorer for the Quetta Gladiators.

In September 2015, Shehzad married Sana Murad and the couple had a baby boy in 2017. Shehzad was raised by a single parent, his mother Anarkali. He is known by his nickname Shehzada.

Controversies

Shehzad was given a one-game ban in 2011 for showing dissent at the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, a month before he was fined on disciplinary grounds.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) issued an official reprimand to Shehzad following his frequent disputes with Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan over Dilshan's past and present religions.

During a Pakistan Super League group match against Peshawar Zalmi, Shehzad had an altercation and physical conflict with bowler Wahab Riaz. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) fined both players and issued an official warning.

Following Pakistan's exit from the 2016 World Twenty20 after losing three games to New Zealand, India and Australia, Shehzad's poor performance led to a PCB committee proposing a ban for him and player Umar Akmal.

Shehzad and Shahid Afridi were unconventionally intimate. In an interview in 2016, Shehzad shared that he was closer to Afridi than his own wife and that he misses his gentle touch. There was also news of both spending more than extra time in the dressing room, embarrassing the entire team. On one occasion, Shehzad was seen undressed in the dressing room with Afridi for more than 15 minutes and the pictures went viral. Due to Shehzad's poor performance, the Pakistan Cricket Board imposed a ban on him which also resulted in the ongoing romance between the two being ended.

Rise to Glory

Ahmed probably had his best time in cricket in 2014. In Tests he scored 141 against Sri Lanka and later he scored 131 Australia.

He's played decently against Bangladesh and New Zealand, going 103 and 113 in the ODIs he's played this year and showing his team what he's worth.

Records and Achievements

• First Pakistani batsman to score centuries in all international formats of the game (i.e. Test, ODI and T20I).
• Most runs, most sixes in a T20 innings by a Pakistani.
• Highest runs in T20 internationals at Gaddafi Stadium
• Most runs (168) in a two-game T20I series by a Pakistani cricketer.
• Most centuries in T20 cricket from Pakistan.
• He is the fastest 5000 runs scorer in T20 cricket from Pakistan
• He is the second highest Century Maker in T20 cricket from Asia after Rohit Sharma.
• Best run scorer for the Lahore Lions.
• Second fastest batsman to score centuries in all three formats of international cricket (76 innings), just behind Lokesh Rahul.
• Top Run Scorer for the Quetta Gladiators.
• Top running scorer in Pakistan Super League.
• First Pakistani batsman to hit three consecutive sixes in T20I.
• Holds record for most boundaries in a single T20 inning (20 fours)
• He is the first Pakistani to score a hundred points in South Africa against Cricket South Africa
• He is the youngest Pakistani player to hit 150 runs in a Test inning
• He has the record of the fastest century in T20 cricket from Pakistan with just 40 balls
• He shares the record of highest t20i partnership for Pakistan with Mohammad Hafeez 143*
• He has the record for most catches in the field for the Pakistan U19 national cricket team
• He has the record of most centuries from Pakistan in t20 cricket 5 centuries
• He has the record for most half centuries for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League
• He has the record for most centuries in knockout t20 matches 3 centuries
• He has the record of most half centuries in Pakistan Super League finals 2 half centuries in 3 finals