Full Name

Shahbaz Nadeem

Born

August 12, 1989, Bokaro, Bihar

Age

34y 220d

Also Known As

Shahbaz

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

Shahbaz Nadeem seemed destined to join the long list of high-quality Indian spinners who, unfortunately, never got to play international cricket when, out of the blue, he got called up to cover for Kuldeep Yadav on the eve of the Ranchi Test of 2019-20 against South Africa. The Test was being played at his home association; it was his proximity to the venue that ended his long pursuit of the India cap.

In the years leading up to that debut, Nadeem's left-arm spin had done all that could be asked of it. He had taken 424 first-class wickets, 81 of which came for India A at an average of under 30. He also held the record for the best figures in List A cricket: 8 for 10 against Rajasthan in 2018-19. He ended three seasons with more than 40 first-class wickets, but perhaps playing for Jharkhand, who usually played against weaker teams in the Ranji Trophy, went against him. It is tough to make it to the Indian team, but when Nadeem was the highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy in 2015-16, he wasn't even selected for Rest of India in the Irani Trophy.

So hard did Nadeem have to work for the India cap that he was 30 by the time he earned it, and had, among his team-mates, made the earliest first-class debut, as a 15-year-old back in 2004-05. He is one of the few to have played domestic cricket with MS Dhoni, his Jharkhand team-mate who didn't need to play for Jharkhand once he made it out of the drudgery of playing for a small-time domestic team.

Nadeem carries all the attributes of a successful Indian spinner: accuracy, long spells, subtle changes of trajectory, pace and seam positions, and most importantly, perseverance. He didn't seem to have one attribute for the first 15 years of his career: luck, which finally smiled on him following an injury to Yadav.
Sidharth Monga

Shahbaz Nadeem Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2445827382/184/4034.123.5757.2000
FC140-34259156445427/45-28.862.7363.228287
List A134-706450551758/108/1028.884.2940.3440
T20s150148315335541254/124/1228.436.7625.2100

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests23111*0.50303.33000010
FC1401919278417715.29560549.6628--570
List A134882110115315.08131976.6401955380
T20s150531727836*7.7231189.3800187280
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Recent Matches of Shahbaz Nadeem

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Jharkhand vs Rajasthan26 & 20*0/19 & 3/5316-Feb-2024JamshedpurFC
Jharkhand vs Haryana11 & 211/8309-Feb-2024JamshedpurFC
Jharkhand vs Manipur--5/52 & 1/5402-Feb-2024JamshedpurFC
Jharkhand vs Vidarbha5 & 02/32 & 6/6926-Jan-2024RanchiFC
Jharkhand vs Services03/11219-Jan-2024DelhiFC

Photos of Shahbaz Nadeem

Shahbaz Nadeem celebrates after dismissing Rohan Kunnummal
Shahbaz Ahmed struck first for Royal Challengers when he sent back Ruturaj Gaikwad
Rahul Shukla congratulates Shahbaz Nadeem after the latter brought up his century
Shahbaz Nadeem picked up ten wickets in the match
Shahbaz Nadeem has a bowl
After some toil, Shahbaz Nadeem had Ben Stokes