The biggest one day domestic tournament in Afghanistan is the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament which has been granted List A status by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The league was established in 2017 and since then, there have been quite a few hidden talents discovered in this competition, both batsmen as well as bowlers.
On this page, we’re going to deep dive into the top 10 most wickets list of the Afghanistan One Day tournament, including how many matches they’ve played to get there and their respective best bowling spells. At the time of writing this, the leading wicket-taker in this competition was young left-arm wrist spinner Zahir Khan who has 44 wickets in only 20 games in the competition so far.
Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day – top wicket-takers list
Since it’s a tournament with a small history, quite a few players on this leading wicket-takers list have played every edition of the tournament so far. Zahir is at the top, but he’s followed by his peers with a difference of just one wicket each for the next three spots. See our complete Afghanistan One Day tournament most wickets list, last updated on 14th November 2023, in the middle of the 2023 season:
| Bowler | Career span | Wickets (Matches) | 4-fers/5-fers | Best spell |
| Zahir Khan | 2017-2023 | 44 (20) | 2 / 1 | 6/36 |
| Zia-ur-Rehman | 2017-2023 | 43 (26) | 2 / 1 | 5/26 |
| Yamin Ahmadzai | 2017-2023 | 42 (28) | 0 / 2 | 5/34 |
| Nijat Masood | 2017-2023 | 41 (24) | 0 / 1 | 5/19 |
| Mohammad Saleem | 2019-2023 | 31 (18) | 1 / 1 | 5/51 |
| Karim Janat | 2017-2023 | 31 (21) | 0 / 1 | 5/42 |
| Mirwais Ashraf | 2017-2020 | 29 (17) | 1 / 0 | 4/56 |
| Aftab Alam | 2017-2023 | 27 (20) | – | 3/24 |
| Amir Hamza | 2017-2020 | 25 (18) | – | 3/10 |
| Sayed Shirzad | 2018-2023 | 24 (22) | – | 3/56 |
Only two bowlers have taken multiple 4-fers in this tournament and those are Zahir Khan and Zia-ur-Rahman, while the only player to have multiple Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day 5-fers is Yamin Ahmadzai, who has two 5-fers to his name, including a best bowling spell of 5/34 in this List A tournament.
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While there is a 6-fer among players on this list, the best bowling figures in the history of the Afghanistan List A tournament is 7/22 by Mohammad Ibrahim, someone who only has 12 wickets in 12 career games in this competition. In terms of economy rates from players on this list, Amir Hamza is way ahead of everyone else, being the only player with a sub-4 economy rate, going at 3.17 in this tournament so far.
Aftab Alam, Amir Hamza, and Sayed Shirzad feature on the list but they’ve not got a single 4-fer or 5-fer in the tournament till date, which is a testament to how consistent they’ve been without needing a single outstanding performance. Sharafuddin Ashraf (23 wickets), Nangeyalia Kharote (21 wickets), and Samiullah Shinwari (20 wickets) are three players who narrowly missed making this top 10 wicket-takers list.
Stealing the show at the Afghan domestic season ft. Zahir Khan 🥳💪#WhistleForJoburg pic.twitter.com/De7slrleNk
— Joburg Super Kings (@JSKSA20) November 6, 2023
We’ll update this top wicket-takers list as and when there are changes in real-time across seasons. For more updates on the Ghazi Amanullah Khan regional one day tournament as well as on overall cricketing news from around the world, remember to always stay tuned to ReadScoops.com…
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