Nafees Iqbal

Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ নাফিস ইকবাল খান) (born 31 January 1985, in Chittagong), better known as Nafees Iqbal, is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer.[1] He played as a right-handed opening batsman, and was a part-time right-arm medium pace bowler.[2]

Nafees Iqbal
Personal information
Full nameMohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan
Born (1985-01-31) 31 January 1985
Chittagong, Bangladesh
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
RelationsTamim Iqbal (brother)
Akram Khan (paternal uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 38)19 October 2004 v New Zealand
Last Test8 March 2006 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 70)7 November 2003 v England
Last ODI18 June 2005 v Australia
ODI shirt no.95
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 11 16
Runs scored 518 309
Batting average 23.54 19.31
100s/50s 1/2 -/2
Top score 121 58
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – n/a
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 2/- 2/-
Source: , 12 March 2001

Biography

His father Iqbal Khan was a reputed footballer. Nafees is the nephew of former Bangladesh captain Akram Khan and elder brother of Tamim Iqbal.[3][4]

Career

He represented Bangladesh U19 team in youth level and captained the national side at the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5]

He rose to limelight and prominence after scoring a hundred (118 off 168 balls) for Bangladesh A against the touring England team in 2003–04 and he was disparaging towards the England spinners which he faced, commenting their spinners as "ordinary".[6][7] His comments drew more press attention than his batting.[8] He also played for Bangladesh during the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.[9]

His only Test century came in January 2005, one which aided Bangladesh towards their first-ever series victory, 1–0 against Zimbabwe.[10][11] However he couldn't achieve better milestones like his brother Tamim Iqbal during his short playing career and was dropped from the national team in 2006 following a string of poor scores.[12] His last international match came in April 2006 which was a test match against Australia. In 2020, one of the friends of Nafees Iqbal revealed that Tamim Iqbal's success was primarily due to the sacrifice of his older brother Nafees.[13][4]

In 2016, he was appointed as team manager of Khulna Titans in the Bangladesh Premier League.[14] Nafees was recruited in by the management team of the Mumbai Indians for the 2018 Indian Premier League season as a translator for his fellow Bangladeshi seamer Mustafizur Rahman.[15][16][17] His role as a translator was also credited in the 2019 Netflix original webseries Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians. [18]

Personal life

On 20 June 2020, he was reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 and has been kept in self isolation at his residence in Chittagong.[19][20][21]

References
  1. "Nafees Iqbal Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. "Nafees Iqbal". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. "The Khans of Chittagong | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. "Tamim's success rooted in brotherly love". The Daily Star. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. "Bangladesh Squad declared for ICC Under-19 world cup 2002". ESPN. 7 January 2002. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  6. "Did Nafees Iqbal actually term England spinners ordinary?". Dhaka Tribune. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  7. Davies, Interview by Gareth A. (23 May 2005). "My Sport: Nafees Iqbal". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  8. Weaver, Paul (16 October 2003). "Nafis wrings England spinners". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. "Squads for ICC Champions Trophy 2004". www.abcofcricket.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  10. "10th January 2005: A first for Bangladesh in the longest format". Hindustan Times. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  11. "Iqbal hundred seals series win | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  12. "Nafees Iqbal dropped for Sri Lanka series | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  13. "A peoples opener: Tamim gifts iPhones, bikes - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  14. "Nafees Iqbal: I still have plenty to offer as player". Dhaka Tribune. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  15. "I got a lot of respect there: Mumbai Indians' inside story in Nafees's words". BDCricTime. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  16. "IPL 2018: Nafees Iqbal to Help Mustafizur Rahman With English Translation in Mumbai Indians Camp | 🏏 LatestLY". LatestLY. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  17. "Nafees joins Mumbai to help out Mustafizur". The Daily Star. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  18. Mukherjee, Shubro. "Bangladesh's Nafees Iqbal describes how he managed to bond with Rohit Sharma's wife during IPL games". Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  19. "Former Bangladesh cricketer Nafees Iqbal tests positive for COVID-19". Hindustan Times. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  20. "Nafees Iqbal tests positive for coronavirus". The Daily Star. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  21. "Former Bangladesh cricketer Nafees Iqbal tests positive for COVID-19". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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