Gulbadin Naib
Gulbadin Naib — career overview
Gulbadin Naib is a cricketer who represents Afghanistan in international cricket as a batting allrounder (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm fast-medium bowler). In international cricket Gulbadin Naib has appeared in 89 ODIs (1,332 runs at 20.22, with 5 fiftys); 74 T20Is (940 runs at 20.89, with 3 fiftys). With the ball, Gulbadin Naib has taken 142 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Gulbadin Naib with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Afghanistan rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 89 | 78 | 11 | 1332 | 82 | 20.22 | 1767 | 75.82 | - | 5 | 115 | 33 |
| T20I | 74 | 63 | 18 | 940 | 57 | 20.89 | 759 | 123.85 | - | 3 | 70 | 44 |
| T20 (dom.) | 77 | 67 | 19 | 986 | 57 | 20.54 | 811 | 121.58 | - | 3 | 74 | 44 |
| IPL | 2 | 1 | - | 19 | 19 | 19.00 | 15 | 126.67 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 89 | 80 | 2883 | 2675 | 74 | 6/43 | 6/43 | 36.15 | 5.57 | 39.0 | 1 | - |
| T20I | 74 | 44 | 649 | 860 | 33 | 4/20 | 4/20 | 26.06 | 7.95 | 19.7 | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 77 | 46 | 673 | 885 | 35 | 4/20 | 4/20 | 25.29 | 7.89 | 19.2 | - | - |
| IPL | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | - | 0/12 | 0/12 | - | 12.00 | - | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Gulbadin Naib — Career Overview
Gulbadin Naib is a batting allrounder from Afghanistan. Gulbadin bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm fast-medium. Genuine all-rounders are the most valued cricketers in the white-ball era — players who can shift the balance with both bat and ball and free their captain to pick an extra specialist. Workload management and form across both disciplines decide how often they make the eleven. Afghanistan is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 89 ODIs: 1,332 runs at an average of 20.22, strike rate 75.82 (5 fiftys); 74 T20Is: 940 runs at an average of 20.89, strike rate 123.85 (3 fiftys). International bowling — 74 wickets in ODI at 36.15, economy 5.57 and 1 5-fer; 33 wickets in T20I at 26.06, economy 7.95. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Gulbadin Naib's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Gulbadin Naib's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.