| Saud Shakeel | |
| Nickname: | Chota Don |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Heightm: | 1.68 |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm slow |
| Role: | Middle-order batsman |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2021-Present |
| Testdebutdate: | 1 December |
| Testdebutyear: | 2022 |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testcap: | 250 |
| Lasttestdate: | 21 August |
| Lasttestyear: | 2024 |
| Lasttestagainst: | Bangladesh |
| Odidebutdate: | 8 July |
| Odidebutyear: | 2021 |
| Odidebutagainst: | England |
| Odicap: | 231 |
| Lastodidate: | 11 November |
| Lastodiyear: | 2023 |
| Lastodiagainst: | England |
| Odishirt: | 59 |
| Club1: | Karachi Whites |
| Year1: | 2015–2016 |
| Club2: | Pakistan Television |
| Year2: | 2017/18 |
| Club3: | Quetta Gladiators |
| Club4: | Sindh |
| Year4: | 2019–2023 |
| Club5: | Yorkshire |
| Year5: | 2023 |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 1,024 |
| Bat Avg1: | 64.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/7 |
| Top Score1: | 208 |
| Deliveries1: | 12 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/– |
| Column2: | ODI |
| Matches2: | 15 |
| Runs2: | 317 |
| Bat Avg2: | 28.81 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/3 |
| Top Score2: | 68 |
| Deliveries2: | 47 |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 37.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/14 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 5/– |
| Column3: | FC |
| Matches3: | 67 |
| Runs3: | 5,139 |
| Bat Avg3: | 54.09 |
| 100S/50S3: | 17/24 |
| Top Score3: | 208 |
| Deliveries3: | 1,870 |
| Wickets3: | 23 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 48.39 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 2/7 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 39/– |
| Column4: | LA |
| Matches4: | 85 |
| Runs4: | 2,730 |
| Bat Avg4: | 43.33 |
| 100S/50S4: | 4/22 |
| Top Score4: | 134 |
| Deliveries4: | 1,289 |
| Wickets4: | 27 |
| Bowl Avg4: | 43.40 |
| Fivefor4: | 0 |
| Tenfor4: | 0 |
| Best Bowling4: | 3/23 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 28/– |
| Date: | 6 December |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/652687.html Cricinfo |
Saud Shakeel (born 5 September 1995) is a Pakistani international cricketer who is the current vice-captain of the Pakistan cricket team in test cricket He made his international and ODI debut for the Pakistan cricket team in July 2021.[1] [2] He made his Test debut against England in December 2022.[3] He played at the 2014 U-19 World Cup, where he captained the team.[4] In July 2023, he became the first Pakistani batsman to score a Test double century in Sri Lanka against the hosts.[5]
Saud Shakeel was born in September 1995 in Karachi and spent much of his early life in the Sagheer Centre of the Federal B. Area.[6]
In 2007, Saud came to the attention of Azam Khan, then manager of Quetta Gladiators and unrelated to Moin Khan's son.[6] Through a connection with Saud's uncle, Azam introduced him, then a sixth-grade student at The Crescent Academy, to several cricket academies.[6] After a tepid response from these academies, Azam integrated Saud into practice sessions where he faced players such as Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, and Tabish Khan.[6] This led to Saud's association with the Pakistan Cricket Club and mentorship from international cricketers such as Sarfaraz Ahmed and Asad Shafiq.[6]
He made his first-class debut on 26 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[7] In November 2017, he was selected to play for the Quetta Gladiators in 2018 Pakistan Super League players draft.[8]
He was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan Television in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with 488 runs in seven matches.[9] In April 2018, he was named in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[10] [11] He was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan Television in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with 414 runs in five matches.[12]
In December 2018, he was named in Pakistan's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[13] In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[14] [15] In September 2019, he was named in Sindh's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[16] [17] In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[18] In December 2020, he was shortlisted as one of the Domestic Cricketers of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards.[19]
In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[20] [21] In March 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test and limited overs squads for their tours to South Africa and Zimbabwe.[22] [23] However, he was ruled out of the One Day International (ODI) matches against South Africa due to an injury.[24]
In June 2021, Shakeel was named in Pakistan's Test and ODI squads,[25] for their tours of the West Indies and England respectively.[26] Shakeel made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for Pakistan against England.[27] In October 2021, he was named as the captain of the Pakistan Shaheens for their tour of Sri Lanka.[28]
In November 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh.[29] In February 2022, he was also named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Australia.[30] In June 2022, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their two-match series in Sri Lanka.[31]
In December 2022, he was selected to play for Pakistan in the Test series against New Zealand.[32] In the second Test, on 4 January 2023, he hit his maiden century in Test cricket,[33] which helped Pakistan to put 400+ runs in the board in reply to New Zealand's 449 in the first innings.[34]
In September 2023, he was named in Pakistan’s fifteen-man squad for the Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, He made his World Cup debut on 6 October 2023 against the Netherlands in which he scored 68 runs in 52 balls, and received man of the match award.[35] He also played a cameo against Sri Lanka in his second match of the World Cup scoring 31 runs off 30 balls.[36] He scored his second fifty of the tournament against South Africa in a losing cause on 27 October as the latter pipped them by just 1 wicket.[37]