Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament

Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament is a four-day cricket tournament in Afghanistan played between regional teams, each representing a number of Afghan provinces.

Up to and including the 2016–17 Tournament, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in February 2017, first-class status was awarded to all future matches, starting with the 2017–18 tournament. It is named after founder of the Durrani Empire, Ahmad Shah Durrani.

History

Afghanistan's multi-day tournament, the Ahmad Shah Abdali tournament, initially began as a three-day competition hosted in Peshawar, Pakistan in 2011 before being held in Afghanistan for all subsequent seasons. It transitioned to a four-day structure in 2014, with five regional teams competing - Amo, Band-e-Amir, Boost, Mis Ainak and Speen Ghar. A sixth team, Kabul, joined the competition in 2016. The Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team participated in the inaugural 2011 season only. The teams play each other twice before the two sides at the top of the table play for the end of season championship. The competition runs from September through December. In February 2017 the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded first-class status to Afghanistan's four-day domestic competition.Afghanistan domestic competitions awarded first-class and List A status

Teams

Current teams (2023) Debut yearWins Hindukush Strikers2023 Mah-e-Par Stars 2023 Maiwand Champions 20232023, 2025 Pamir Legends 2023 2024

Former teams Former teams Home ground Years active Amo Region Balkh Cricket Stadium, Mazar-i-Sharif 2011–2022 Band-e-Amir Region Ghazni Cricket Ground, Ghazni 2011–2022 Boost Region Kandahar Cricket Stadium, Kandahar 2011–2022 Mis Ainak Region Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost 2011–2022 Speen Ghar Region Ghazi Amanullah Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad 2011–2022 Afghanistan Under-19 2011 Kabul Region Kabul Cricket Stadium, Kabul 2016–2019

Champions This table lists all the champions of the Ahmad Shah Abdali Regional Tournament during the competition's pre-first-class era under the 3-day (2011–2013) and 4-day formats (2014 onwards).

Season Winner (number of titles) Runners-up 2011 Mis Ainak Region (1) Band-e-Amir Region 2012 Mis Ainak Region (2) Speen Ghar Region 2013 Boost Region (1) Band-e-Amir Region 2014–15Mis Ainak Region (3) Speen Ghar Region 2015–16Mis Ainak Region (4) Speen Ghar Region 2016Speen Ghar Region (1) Mis Ainak Region

This table lists all the champions of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament during the competition's first-class era.

Season Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Leading run-scorer (club) Runs Leading wicket-taker (club) Wickets 2017–18 Band-e-Amir Region (1) Speen Ghar Region Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region) 1096 Zia-ur-Rehman (Mis Ainak Region) Waqar Salamkheil (Band-e-Amir Region) Zahir Shehzad (Speen Ghar Region) 55 2018 Band-e-Amir Region (2) Amo Region Darwish Rasooli (Amo Region) 1073 Amir Hamza (Band-e-Amir Region) 61 2019 Speen Ghar Region (1) Amo Region Najeeb Tarakai (Speen Ghar Region) 828 Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo Region) 46 2021 Band-e-Amir Region (3) Amo Region Riaz Hassan (Band-e-Amir Region) 636 Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo Region) 32 2022 Amo Region (1) Band-e-Amir Region Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir Region) 561 Amir Hamza (Band-e-Amir Region) 30 2023 Maiwand Champions (1) Hindukush Strikers 2024 Pamir Legends (1) Maiwand Champions Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends) 723 Yamin Ahmadzai (Maiwand Champions)Fareed Ahmad (Pamir Legends) 36 2025 Maiwand Champions (2) Mah-e-Par Stars Shahidullah (Mah-e-Par Stars) 541 Sharafuddin Ashraf (Mah-e-Par Stars) 36

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