Karim Sadiq

Karim Sadiq

Personal information
Full name	Karim Khan Sadiq
Born	(1984-02-28) 28 February 1984 (age 40) Nangrahar Province, Afghanistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batsman Occasional wicket-keeper
Relations	Hasti Gul (brother)
International information
National side	Afghanistan (2009–2018)
ODI debut (cap 5)	19 April 2009 v Scotland
Last ODI	4 January 2016 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.	84
T20I debut (cap 4)	12 February 2012 v Ireland
Last T20I	6 February 2018 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.	84 (previously 10)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011	Afghan Cheetahs
2017	Boost Region
2017	Kabul Eagles
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 24 36 28 63 Runs scored 475 538 1,730 1,597 Batting average 23.75 14.94 33.92 28.01 100s/50s 2/0 0/1 3/10 2/10 Top score 114* 72 163 114* Balls bowled 320 420 2,691 1,247 Wickets 6 14 47 39 Bowling average 33.50 34.42 35.65 31.97 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/10 3/17 6/55 5/50 Catches/stumpings 6/0 6/– 24/– 15/0
Source: Cricinfo, 9 January 2021
Medal record Representing  Afghanistan Men's Cricket Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team

Karim Khan Sadiq (Pashto: كريم خان صادق; born 28 February 1984) is an Afghan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who occasionally serves as a wicket-keeper for the Afghanistan national team. He can also bowl off break, and took 4 wickets for 27 runs against Denmark in their first match of the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.

Sadiq is a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that in under a year has won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to partake in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier's.

He was suspended for one match during the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier due to "inappropriate and intentional physical contact" in their defeat to the Netherlands.^[1] During the tournament he performed well with the bat, top scoring with 92, and, surprisingly for a wicketkeeper, with the ball.

Shortly after Afghanistan achieved ODI status, Sadiq quit the national setup as he was upset at his brother, Hasti Gul, being dropped for their ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Zimbabwe XI. Sadiq accused national coach Kabir Khan of not acting in the best interest of the team.^[2]

Sadiq's international retirement was short lived, as he made his first-class debut in January 2010 against Ireland, where he made scores of 19 and 1.

In February 2010, Sadiq made his Twenty20 International debut in the Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series against Ireland. Sadiq took 2/17 with the ball. Afghanistan lost the match by 5 wickets. Later, Sadiq was a key member of Afghanistan's World Twenty20 Qualifier winning team. He was later named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.^[3]

Sadiq was a key member of Afghanistan's 2010 ACC Trophy Elite winning squad, which defeated Nepal in the final by 95 runs. In final, Sadiq top-scored for Afghanistan with 58 runs. In Afghanistan's first match of the tournament, he scored 130 runs off 92 balls against Bhutan in Afghanistan's 393-run win.

He later played for the newly formed Afghan Cheetahs team in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011-12. Sadiq later featured in Afghanistan's first One Day International against a Full Member Test-playing nation when they played Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in February 2012. Sadiq top scored in Afghanistan's innings with 40 runs, before becoming one of Shahid Afridi's five wickets. Pakistan won the encounter by 7 wickets.^[4]

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.^[5]

• Karim Sadiq at ESPNcricinfo