What is Hashmatullah Shahidi?
{{infobox cricketer |name=Hashmatullah Shahidi |image=Hashmatullah Shahidi.jpg |batting=Left-handed |role=Top order [[Batsman]] |caption=Shahidi in 2022 |birth_date=4 November 1994 (age 28) |bowling=Right-arm Off-break |birth_place=[[Logar]], [[Afghanistan]] |international=true |odidebutdate=2 October |odidebutyear=2013|odidebutagainst=Kenya |lastodidate=18 October |lastodiyear=2023 |lastodiagainst=New Zealand |nickname=Shahidi |date=21 October|year=2023|source=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/hashmatullah-shahidi-440970 ESPNcricinfo}} '''Hashmatullah Shahidi''' ([[Pashto language|Pashto]]: حشمت الله شاهدي; born 4 November 1994) is an Afghan cricketer and currently the captain of [[Afghanistan national cricket team]] in [[One Day International]](ODI) and [[Test cricket]]. He became the first Afghan player to score a double hundred in Test cricket.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 March 2021|title=AFG vs ZIM: Hashmatullah Shahidi Becomes First Afghanistan Player To Score Test Double Century {{!}} Cricket News|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/afg-vs-zim-hashmatullah-shahidi-becomes-first-afghanistan-player-to-score-test-double-century-2388764|access-date=|website=NDTV Sports|language=en}}</ref> He idolises the Sri Lankan great, [[Kumar Sangakkara]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hashmatullah Shahidi Profile - Cricket Player Afghanistan {{!}} Stats, Records, Video|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/hashmatullah-shahidi-440970|access-date=2023-10-11|website=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/8277/hashmatullah-shahidi Hashmatullah Shahidi] from [[Cricbuzz]] {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahidi, Hashmatullah}} [[Category:Afghan cricketers]] [[Category:1994 births]] [[Category:Living people]]