Shahbaz Ahmed is a professional Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal in domestic cricket matches. He represented Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.
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Shahbaz Ahmed was born on Monday, 12 December 1994 (age 28 years; as in 2022) in Mewat district of Haryana. He grew up playing cricket in Mewat. Due to lesser opportunities in Mewat (the most backward district of Haryana as per the 2018 NITI Aayog report), he moved to Palwal to pursue a professional career in cricket. He played many cricket matches for Gurgaon (Gurugram) district but could not get a place in the Haryana cricket team. In 2015, he moved to Bengal in search of better cricket opportunities.
livelihood
Domestic and league
Shahbaz played for Taman Memorial Club in Bengal for a few years before making it to the Bengal Ranji Trophy in 2018. On 14 December 2018, Shahbaz Ahmed made his first-class cricket debut, representing Bengal in a Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad at the Hyderabad Cricket Ground. He made Bangalore win many important matches with his performance.
Shahbaz Ahmed was shouldered by his teammates after his all-round performance that took Bengal to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals in 2020.
After making his debut in domestic cricket, his career saw a rapid rise. The following year, in 2019, he was selected to play for India A in the Deodhar Trophy 2019.
Due to his remarkable performances in domestic cricket matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore bought him for Rs 20 lakh in the IPL 2020 auction.
international
ODI
On 9 October 2022, he made his ODI debut against South Africa at the JSCA International Stadium Complex.
t20
Shahbaz made his T20I debut on 6 October 2023 against Bangladesh during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou and took 1 wicket for 13 runs.
Favorite
Cricketer: MS Dhoni
Allrounder: Ravindra Jadeja
Cricket Ground: Eden Gardens
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