Afghanistan’s Najeeb Tarakai (L) leaves the field as Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (C) and his teammates celebrate his dismissal during their ICC Twenty20 World Cup match in Dhaka. (File photo: Reuters)
Afghanistan’s top order batsman Tarakai dies following road accident
Afghanistan top order batsman Najeeb Tarakai has died from injuries following a road accident last week, the country’s cricket board said on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old was critically injured in the accident on Friday, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said without sharing details.
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“ACB ... mourns the heartbreaking & grievous loss of its aggressive opening batsman & a very fine human being...” the board tweeted.
Tarakai made his international debut in the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and played his only one-day international against Ireland in 2017.
Tarakai scored 32 in his last outing for Mis Ainak Knights in the Shpageeza Cricket League last month.
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