Gulbadin Naib is an Afghan all-rounder cricketer who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board named Naib the team’s new One Day International captain ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, replacing Asghar Afghan. Naib led Afghanistan to the silver medal in the 2022 Asian Games. He played for the Delhi Capitals team in the Indian Premier League.

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Gulbadin Naib Biography
Gulbadin Naib | Wiki/Bio |
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Personal Information | |
Name | Gulbadin Naib |
Date Of Birth | 4 June 1991 |
Gulbadin Naib Age | age 33 years |
Birthplace | Puli Alam, Logar, Afghanistan |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
Role | Batting all-rounder |
International Information | |
National Side | Afghanistan (2011-present) |
ODI Debut (cap 24) | 9 August 2011 v Canada |
Last ODI | 5 September 2023 v Sri Lanka |
ODI Shirt No. | 14 (previously 11) |
T20I Debut (cap 15) | 14 March 2012 v Netherlands |
Last T20I | 25 June 2024 v Bangladesh |
T20I Shirt No. | 14 |
Domestic Team Information | |
Years | Team |
2011/12 | Afghan Cheetahs |
2017 | Boost Defenders |
2018–present | Balkh Legends |
2019 | Sylhet Strikers |
2024-Present | Delhi Capitals |
Gulbadin Naib’s Early Life

Naib was born in Puli Alam in the Logar Province of Afghanistan. He is currently 33 years of age. His first love in sport was amateur bodybuilding, not cricket. When he eventually did take the game up.
However, he progressed quickly through Afghanistan’s age-group sides as a batting allrounder and was the youngest member of the team that won the Division Five tournament in 2008 – the first stepping stone to the full world stage.
He made his debut for Afghanistan against Japan in the 2008 World Cricket League Division Five, where he played in five matches. He is a powerful right-hand hitter batsman and a wicket-taker bowler of the Afghanistan team.
He took part in the documentary Out of the Ashes, which followed the team’s preparation for the tournament and their lives back in Afghanistan; Naib is shown bodybuilding in a Kabul gym and states Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of his inspirations.
Two years after the documentary was filmed, Naib, who had lost his position in the Afghan team, was selected for the Afghanistan squad for the 2010 Asian Games, playing a single match against Hong Kong where the Afghanistan team won a silver medal in the tournament.
Gulbadin Naib Wife and Family

Gulbadin Naib, the Afghan cricketer, is known for keeping his personal life private. As of my latest update, there is no publicly available information regarding his wife’s name and family.
Gulbadin Naib Physical Stats & Attributes

Attributes | Details |
Gulbadin Naib Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Gulbadin Naib Body | biceps- 18 |
Gulbadin Naib Cricket Career

Naib is a right-hand all-rounder cricketer who made his List A debut for Afghanistan when they became the first side to tour Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
Naib played in two of the three unofficial One Day Internationals (ODIs) against Pakistan A.
Naib made his One Day International debut against Canada in the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day.
Later in the tour, he debuted in Twenty20 cricket against Trinidad and Tobago at the Cricket Canada Summer Festival and made another appearance in the tournament against Canada.
Later in 2011, he played for the newly formed Afghan Cheetahs team in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011-12. He played in the 3 matches in the tournament against Rawalpindi Rams, Faisalabad Wolves, and Multan Tigers.
He scored his maiden Twenty20 half-century during the tournament, scoring 68 from 42 balls against Faisalabad Wolves.

In the 2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup, his score of 57 runs from 50 balls in the final competition helped Afghanistan to an 8-run victory over Hong Kong, securing Afghanistan their third ACC Twenty20 Cup title in December 2011. Gulbadin Naib highest score in T20Is is 57.
Naib later featured in Afghanistan’s first One Day International against a Full Member Test-playing nation when they faced Pakistan in Sharjah in February 2012. Naib scored 7 runs in the match before being dismissed as one of Shahid Afridi’s five wickets where Pakistan won the encounter by 7 wickets.
In March 2012, He was selected as part of Afghanistan’s fourteen-man squad for the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier held in the United Arab Emirates.
He made his T-20 debut against the Netherlands and appeared in two more T20I matches. Additionally, he played six more Twenty20 matches against teams in the qualifier that did not have Twenty20 International status.

He scored 86 runs in the qualifier, averaging 13.50, with a top score of 26 not out. Shortly after the tournament, he played in two ODIs against the Netherlands in the World Cricket League Championship.
In 2012, Naib was a member of Afghanistan’s squad for their tour of Ireland as part of their Intercontinental Cup commitments. He played in both of the team’s World Cricket League Championship ODIs against Ireland.
In the second match, he claimed his maiden ODI wicket when he dismissed Niall O’Brien, and scored 19 runs from 23 balls before being dismissed by George Dockrell, Ireland winning the match by 59 runs.
He made his first-class debut during the tour in the Intercontinental Cup Fixture. In this match, Naib was dismissed for 13 runs in his only innings by Alex Cusack.
However, during Ireland’s first innings, he took the wicket of Andrew Balbirnie, ending with figures of one for 33 from six overs.
Naib featured in Afghanistan’s second ODI against a full-member when they played Australia at Sharjah in August 2012.

- In Australia’s first-innings of 272/8, he bowled two overs which conceded 18 runs, and during the innings, he ran out David Hussey.
- In Afghanistan’s chase, he scored a quickfire 22 from 17 balls, which included three sixes, before he was dismissed by James Pattinson, Australia winning by 66 runs.
In September 2012, Naib was named in Afghanistan’s squad for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. He scored 44 against England and was the only Afghan batsman to pass double figures as the English won by 119 runs.
In April 2019, he was named as the captain of Afghanistan’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In May, just ahead of the World Cup, in the second ODI against Ireland, Naib took six wickets for 43 runs.
- It was his first five-wicket haul and the third-best figures by a bowler for Afghanistan in ODIs.
- Though his highest score in ODI is 82 runs.
On 24 June 2019, in a match against Bangladesh, Naib played in his 100th international match for Afghanistan. In the same match, he also scored his 1,000th run in ODI cricket.
In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan’s squad for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
He was named in Afghanistan’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament in May 2024.

- In a Super 8 match against Australia during the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Naib came in as the eighth bowling option for Afghanistan and registered his career-best bowling performance by picking 4 wickets and conceding only 20 runs in his four-over spell to propel Afghanistan to secure a historic win over the Australian side in international cricket.
- He also went on to become the first bowler in either Men’s T20 World Cup or Men’s ODI World Cup history to take four wickets in a World Cup innings after coming in as the 8th bowling option.
Gulbadin Naib IPL Career

Naib was bought by Delhi Capitals in the 2024 Indian Premier League Auction at a base price. Gulbadin Naib made his debut after he replaced Lizaad Williams in the playing XI against the Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
Gulbadin Naib IPL Team | Delhi Capitals |
Gulbadin IPL Salary | 20 Lakhs |
Batting Statistics
IPL Season | M | Runs | BF | NO | HS | AVG | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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2024 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 126.67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bowling Statistics
IPL Season | M | Runs | OV | WKTS | AVG | ECO | 5W |
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2024 | 2 | 12 | 1.0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
Gulbadin Naib Stats
Batting & Fielding
FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
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ODIs | 82 | 71 | 9 | 1231 | 82* | 19.85 | 1644 | 74.87 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 30 | 25 | 0 |
T20Is | 72 | 61 | 17 | 888 | 57 | 20.18 | 724 | 122.65 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 44 | 30 | 0 |
FC | 5 | 7 | 1 | 313 | 88* | 52.16 | 379 | 82.58 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
List A | 125 | 108 | 15 | 2196 | 100 | 23.61 | 2659 | 82.58 | 1 | 9 | 179 | 66 | 38 | 0 |
T20s | 135 | 115 | 32 | 1726 | 91 | 20.79 | 1330 | 129.77 | 0 | 7 | 122 | 87 | 55 | 0 |
Bowling
FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
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ODIs | 82 | 76 | 2811 | 2599 | 73 | 6/43 | 6/43 | 35.60 | 5.54 | 38.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
T20Is | 72 | 43 | 643 | 852 | 33 | 4/20 | 4/20 | 25.81 | 7.95 | 19.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 5 | 7 | 460 | 326 | 14 | 5/29 | 5/29 | 23.28 | 4.25 | 32.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
List A | 125 | 112 | 4180 | 3859 | 120 | 6/43 | 6/43 | 32.15 | 5.53 | 34.8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
T20s | 135 | 93 | 1475 | 2002 | 77 | 4/12 | 4/12 | 26.00 | 8.14 | 19.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gulbadin Naib Social Media
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Gulbadin Naib Current Teams
Teams:-
- Afghanistan
- Bangla Tigers
- Delhi Capitals
- Durdanto Dhaka
- Sylhet Strikers
Gulbadin Naib Net Worth

According to media reports his net worth is estimated to be 21 crore. He makes most of his money by playing cricket professionally. This year he was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2024 auction at a base price of 20 Lakh.
Wrapping Up
Gulbadin Naib is an outsmarting all-rounder with exceptional skills in cricket, he is a right-arm-medium fast bowler and a right-hand batsman of the Afghanistan team who showed the great extent of his skills in this T20 World Cup 2024 tournament where he helped his team to secure victory over Australia in the death over where he bowled as an eighth bowling option for his team took 4 crucial wickets. He is a versatile player and a great bowler who can do better for the Afghanistan cricket team in the future. So cricket fans, I hope you will satisfied with the above information about Gulbadib Naib’s Bio, Profile, Wife, Family, Net Worth, Cricket Career & More.