Shehzad was born on 23 November 1991 in Lahore. He was born into a Pashtun family of the Afridi clan and, besides English and Urdu, he can speak Pashto as well.[5]
He grew up in a middle-class environment in a modest house near the famous Anarkali Bazaar.[6]
On 19 September 2015, Shehzad married Sana, his childhood friend.[7][8] They had a boy in 2017.[9] In 2021, they had a second baby, a daughter.[10]
Domestic and franchise career
Ahmed Shehzad was the highest run scorer in BPL 2011-12 and the best batsman of the tournament.[11] Shehzad was the leading run-scorer in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup, with 653 runs, including a career-best score in List A cricket of 166 in the semi-final. He was also the captain of the team.[12][13] During the tournament he scored three centuries and three half-centuries in nine matches.[14]
He was the highest runs scorer and man of the tournament in 2016 Pakistan Cup. He scored 372 runs in only 5 matches with the help of 3 half centuries and a hundred.[15]
He failed a doping test in 2018 and was banned for 10 weeks.[21]
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[22][23] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[24]
On 15 December 2023, Shehzad announced that he was leaving the PSL after not being selected by any franchise.[29]
International career
Shehzad made his first-class debut in 2007. The innings which led to a call-up for the national team was a 167 he scored in Pakistan Youth's victory against England.[30][31]
Shehzad made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2013 scoring 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second.[32]
Ahmed Shehzad was part of the Test squad against South Africa in UAE. However he wasn't selected in the playing XI in either of the 2 Tests against South Africa.[33]
He has a 40+ test average for Pakistan Cricket Team with the help of 3 hundreds and 3 half centuries. His test hundreds have been scored against Sri Lanka where he scored 147 runs, Australia where he scored 136 runs and New Zealand where he scored 176 runs[4]
In his One Day International career he has scored 6 hundreds and 14 half centuries.[4] In his Twenty20 International career, he has scored 1 hundred 7 fifties. He is First Pakistani player who has scored a century in all three forms of cricket.[34]
Controversies
Shehzad was issued a one-match ban in 2011 for showing dissent in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, one month before being issued a fine on disciplinary grounds.[35]
Being captain he scored 630+ runs with the help of 3 centuries and 3 half centuries in nine games of departmental one day cup 2016 and won the final for his team HBL and got the award of Man of the final[citation needed]
^ abc"Ahmed Shehzad". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^Khan, Atta Ur Rehman (27 July 2020). "Ahmed Shehzad's protein is as expensive as you can imagine". BOL News. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023. It may be recalled that Ahmed Shehzad was born on November 23, 1991 in Lahore to a Pashtun family and that is why he can speak English and Urdu as well as Pashto [...] Ahmed Shehzad belongs to the well-known tribe Afridi, before this very important players like Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul also belong to the Afridi tribe.
^Farooq, Umar (25 June 2015). "Shehzad stumbling after promising start". CricInfo. Hailing from a middle-class family that lived in a modest house near the famous shopping street Anarkali in Lahore, Shehzad had real talent.
Haris Sohail was not initially in the squad, but was named as replacement for Umar Akmal. Rumman Raees was not initially in the squad, but was named as replacement for injured Wahab Riaz.
