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Mohammad Nabi: Age, Stats, Records and Afghanistan Career

Mohammad Nabi is an Afghanistan all-rounder, former national captain and one of the few players whose international career spans the country's first ODI, first T20I and maiden Test. Born on 1 January 1985, he was 41 on 2 September 2026. A statistical snapshot dated 19 July 2026 lists 3 Tests, 178 ODIs and 152 T20Is, with 3,792 ODI runs and 177 wickets. In 2026 he remained active in white-ball cricket and joined Guyana Amazon Warriors for the Caribbean Premier League, taking 4 for 22 in his first match of the season.

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Right-handedRight-arm off break bowlerBorn 1 January 1985

Current squadGuyana Amazon WarriorsCaribbean Premier League · Guyana Amazon Warriors overseas player in CPL 2026

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Full nameMohammad Nabi Eisakhil

Age41As of 2 September 2026

Date of birth1 January 1985Logar, Afghanistan (cricket record; a 2014 UNHCR interview reported Peshawar)

Batting styleRight-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm off break

Career overview

Mohammad Nabi cricket career

Born on 1 January 1985; age 41 on 2 September 2026.

Right-handed batter and right-arm off-break bowler.

Played in Afghanistan's first ODI, first T20I and first Test.

Career snapshot: 178 ODIs, 3,792 runs and 177 wickets.

Reached No.1 in both the ICC ODI and T20I all-rounder rankings in 2024.

Current 2026 franchise: Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL.

Career story

Mohammad Nabi career and playing journey

Who is Mohammad Nabi?

Mohammad Nabi is an Afghan batting all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off break. He became a central figure in Afghanistan's rise from associate cricket to World Cups, Test status and major victories, then extended that career through T20 leagues around the world.

His importance is unusually easy to trace through national milestones. Nabi scored 58 and won Player of the Match in Afghanistan's first ODI in 2009, appeared in its first T20I in 2010 and played the maiden Test against India in 2018. He also captained Afghanistan at the 2014 Asia Cup and its first 50-over World Cup in 2015.

Mohammad Nabi's age, date of birth and full name

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil was born on 1 January 1985 and was 41 years old on 2 September 2026. ICC uses 1 January 1985 on its player record, so that date controls the age shown here.

Birthplace accounts require more care. Major cricket databases record Logar, Afghanistan, while a 2014 UNHCR interview said Nabi was born in Peshawar after his family left Afghanistan during the Soviet conflict. The conflict is reported rather than silently choosing a more dramatic version. Neither account is used to infer his current address or private residence.

How did Mohammad Nabi learn cricket?

Nabi learned the game while his family was living in Pakistan. UNHCR reported that he played in refugee communities around Peshawar, hid some early cricket from his parents and later progressed into club cricket before the family returned to Afghanistan.

Cricket Australia separately described tape-ball games, a refugee-camp childhood and a family that initially viewed the sport as a distraction from education. These accounts explain why Pakistan was central to his development without changing the country he represented. By his late teens, Nabi had joined an Afghanistan touring side and was moving toward organized senior cricket.

The innings that opened an elite pathway

Nabi's 116 against a Marylebone Cricket Club side in Mumbai in 2006 became an important early breakthrough. He top-scored for Afghanistan in a major win and came to the attention of former England captain Mike Gatting.

That performance led toward the MCC Young Cricketers programme in England. Nabi made his first-class debut against Sri Lanka A in 2007 and later played domestic cricket for Pakistan Customs. It was a practical bridge between Afghanistan's developing programme and stronger professional competition, not an instant international promotion.

Afghanistan's first ODI and Mohammad Nabi's 58

Afghanistan played its first official ODI against Scotland in Benoni on 19 April 2009. Nabi struck 58 with three fours and three sixes, Afghanistan made 295 for 8 and won by 89 runs. He was named Player of the Match.

The innings matters because it joined an individual performance to a national first. It was not a ceremonial appearance at the edge of the team: Nabi immediately influenced the result. The 58 is already included in his career aggregate, so it should be celebrated as the starting point of the record rather than counted again.

First T20I, first World Cup and maiden Test

Nabi was also in Afghanistan's first T20I, against Ireland in February 2010, and the country's first Men's T20 World Cup team later that year. Eight years later he appeared in Afghanistan's maiden Test against India in Bengaluru.

Those appearances show the range of Afghanistan's climb. T20I status opened one route to global events, ODI qualification built sustained international competition, and Full Membership made Test cricket possible. Nabi's participation in all three beginnings is a stronger career distinction than a generic claim that he merely played across formats.

Mohammad Nabi's captaincy record and 2015 World Cup

Nabi became Afghanistan's captain during the team's push toward the 2015 World Cup and led the country at its first 50-over global tournament. UNHCR recorded that Afghanistan secured qualification in 2013 by beating Kenya.

He stepped down from the ODI captaincy in 2015 when his own form became a concern, then later returned to lead the T20I side. After the 2022 T20 World Cup he resigned from that captaincy as well. These were separate leadership periods, so the accurate description is former Afghanistan captain rather than current captain or uninterrupted long-term skipper.

The 2015 Zimbabwe series breakthrough

Afghanistan's 3-2 ODI series win in Zimbabwe in 2015 was its first against an ICC Full Member. Nabi was Player of the Series after scoring 223 runs, including 116 in the second match.

The series showed how his role had changed after captaincy. Batting at No.3, he could shape longer innings while still contributing economical off-spin. It also provided a national benchmark: Afghanistan had moved from earning ODI status to beating an established Full Member across a five-match series.

Why 100 ODIs was a national milestone

Nabi became the first Afghanistan player to reach 100 ODIs in August 2018, during a series against Ireland. By then he had been present from the country's first match in the format through two successful World Cup qualification campaigns.

ICC's retrospective highlighted 257 runs during the 2018 World Cup Qualifier, the most for Afghanistan in that campaign. The 100-cap landmark is historic, but it is not his final total. The reviewed July 2026 snapshot lists 178 ODIs, so the milestone and the current aggregate answer different questions.

Mohammad Nabi's ODI statistics

The 19 July 2026 statistical snapshot lists 178 ODIs, 3,792 runs at 27.47 and 177 wickets at 32.80. His highest score is 136 and his best bowling is 5 for 17.

The same row contains two centuries, 18 fifties and 85 catches. These numbers explain the all-rounder label better than either discipline alone. They should not be added to List A totals because ODIs are already part of List A cricket. The cutoff is also essential: a later match can change the aggregate without changing the older performances discussed in the biography.

The 136 that took Nabi to No.1

Nabi scored 136 against Sri Lanka at Pallekele in February 2024 and moved to No.1 in the ICC men's ODI all-rounder rankings. At 39 years and one month, ICC said he became the oldest player to lead that ranking table.

Afghanistan were 55 for 5 while chasing 382 before Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai added 242 for the sixth wicket. The innings did not produce a win, but it remains his ODI high score and the performance that pushed him above Shakib Al Hasan in the rankings. Azmatullah later replaced him at No.1 after the 2025 Champions Trophy.

No.1 T20I all-rounder during the 2024 World Cup

Nabi also rose to No.1 in the ICC men's T20I all-rounder rankings on 12 June 2024. The move followed Afghanistan's strong start to the T20 World Cup and his two wickets against New Zealand in Guyana.

Afghanistan eventually reached its first men's senior World Cup semi-final. A ranking is a dated comparison, not a permanent title, so the achievement should be written as No.1 in June 2024 rather than a claim that he remains the world's leading player today. The tournament run nevertheless joined personal recognition to Afghanistan's best global finish at that point.

Mohammad Nabi's T20I statistics

The July 2026 snapshot lists 152 T20Is, 2,448 runs at 22.25 and 109 wickets at 27.77. His highest score is 89 and his best bowling return is 4 for 7.

Nabi has seven T20I fifties and 82 catches in that table. His role has changed with conditions and team balance: he can bowl in the powerplay or middle overs, then bat as a stabilizer or finisher. The aggregate proves longevity, while exact scorecards are needed to judge any one phase or match.

Why Mohammad Nabi retired from Test cricket

Nabi retired from Test cricket after Afghanistan's 2019 match against Bangladesh. ICC reported that he wanted to prolong his limited-overs career and create opportunities for younger players in a format Afghanistan played infrequently.

His completed Test record is three matches, 33 runs and eight wickets, with best bowling of 3 for 36. That small sample does not define his overall ability; it reflects the short window between Afghanistan's Test debut and his format retirement. He continued in ODIs and T20Is, so describing him as retired from international cricket would be wrong.

Champions Trophy 2025 and the win over England

Nabi remained part of Afghanistan's ODI plans for the 2025 Champions Trophy. Against England in Lahore, he made 40 in a 111-run partnership with Ibrahim Zadran and dismissed Jamie Smith with his first delivery as Afghanistan won by eight runs.

Zadran's 177 and Azmatullah Omarzai's five wickets were the headline contributions, but Nabi's late acceleration helped Afghanistan reach 325 for 7. The result was the country's first Champions Trophy win. Before the event Nabi said he had not made a final decision on ODI retirement and would consider fitness and opportunities for younger players.

What was Mohammad Nabi's international status in 2026?

Nabi was still an active Afghanistan white-ball international in 2026. ICC's player record lists his latest T20I against Canada on 19 February and the current statistical record lists his latest ODI against India on 20 June.

He played at the 2026 T20 World Cup and was selected for Afghanistan's March ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka. He was not in the 15-player ODI squad announced for the August tour of Ireland. One omission does not by itself prove retirement, so the page does not invent an announcement that the board or player did not make.

Why off-spin has extended Nabi's white-ball career

Nabi's off-spin offers control, matchup flexibility and a way to share overs with Afghanistan's more attacking wrist-spinners. With the bat, he can preserve an innings after early wickets or target spin and shorter boundaries late in the order.

The two skills make selection possible even when one discipline is not at its peak. That does not mean every team uses him identically. Field size, pitch pace, left-right batting combinations and overseas-player limits can shift his position. Career averages describe the outcome; they do not reveal every tactical job he was asked to perform.

Mohammad Nabi's franchise cricket career

Nabi has played professional T20 cricket in the IPL, Big Bash League, Bangladesh Premier League, Pakistan Super League, Caribbean Premier League and ILT20. His longer associations include Sunrisers Hyderabad, Melbourne Renegades and franchise teams across South Asia, the Caribbean and the Gulf.

He became the first Afghanistan player selected in an IPL auction when Sunrisers Hyderabad signed him in 2017. That opportunity mattered beyond one contract because it showed that players from Afghanistan could win overseas roles on skill rather than novelty. Later franchises used the same adaptable combination of off-spin, lower-middle-order power and extensive tournament experience.

Dubai Capitals in ILT20 Season 4

Nabi represented Dubai Capitals in the completed 2025-26 ILT20 season. Team records list 157 runs and 12 wickets from ten matches, with a batting average of 39.25 and bowling economy of 6.14.

He captained the side in the Eliminator, where Abu Dhabi Knight Riders won by 50 runs. That was match-specific leadership; Dasun Shanaka remained the appointed season captain. Dubai Capitals is therefore important recent context, but it is not the most current 2026 team once Nabi joined Guyana Amazon Warriors for the CPL.

The 91-run recovery in the 2026 Global Super League

Before the CPL, Nabi helped Guyana Amazon Warriors chase 206 against Desert Vipers in the 2026 Global Super League. He made an unbeaten 40 from 29 balls and shared a 91-run eighth-wicket partnership with Romario Shepherd.

The Warriors had slipped to 95 for 7, making the partnership a genuine rescue rather than routine finishing. Shepherd supplied the faster half-century, while Nabi stayed through the chase and added the stability needed to use that burst. It is a useful example of his value when a team needs both calm and boundary options under pressure.

Four wickets in Mohammad Nabi's first CPL 2026 match

Nabi began the 2026 CPL with 4 for 22 and 19 from 15 balls as Guyana Amazon Warriors beat Jamaica Kingsmen by six wickets. The official match-centre record identifies it as Match 6 at Sabina Park.

Jamaica were dismissed for 117 before the Warriors chased the target in 14.1 overs. Nabi's wickets made him Player of the Match and gave the current season a specific performance rather than a squad-only claim. The four wickets belong to his wider T20 record and should not be added separately to career totals.

Mohammad Nabi's records and achievements

Nabi's major individual records include becoming Afghanistan's first player to 100 ODIs and the oldest No.1-ranked ODI all-rounder when he reached the summit in February 2024. He also held the No.1 T20I all-rounder ranking during the 2024 World Cup.

His team achievements span Afghanistan's first ODI win, first Full Member ODI series victory, 2015 World Cup debut, 2019 qualification campaign, 2024 T20 World Cup semi-final and first Champions Trophy win in 2025. Team milestones and individual rankings are kept separate: both add context, but neither should be converted into an invented personal trophy.

Mohammad Nabi's son and family background

Reliable public sources identify Hassan Eisakhil as Mohammad Nabi's son. ICC reported in 2025 that Nabi hoped they might one day represent Afghanistan together, while the player stressed that Hassan needed to set his own goals and keep working.

The family story also includes displacement from Afghanistan and years in Pakistan, which Nabi discussed with UNHCR. Those facts help explain his cricket journey. Names, addresses, relationship rumours and other private details that do not add confirmed career context are excluded rather than assembled from social posts or low-trust biography sites.

Mohammad Nabi's salary and net worth

No audited public record establishes Mohammad Nabi's current net worth or total career earnings. League participation and a reported auction value cannot reveal take-home pay, taxes, agent fees, endorsements, business income or personal assets.

A season-specific price can be useful only when an official competition publishes the exact player, currency and contractual label. The available evidence does not support turning those fragments into a present wealth estimate. The responsible answer is that Nabi has had a long international and franchise career, but his net worth is not reliably public.

Mohammad Nabi records

Mohammad Nabi career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Test career (completed in September 2019)3matches