PAKISTAN · OPENING BATTER

Abdullah Shafique

A right-handed top-order batter from Sialkot with a calm temperament and a knack for big debuts. Abdullah has six Test hundreds, including a double century, and opened for Pakistan throughout the 2026 Test tour of England.

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Runs	Average	100s / 50s	Best
Test	28	1,878	38.32	6 / 7	201
ODI	27	737	29.48	1 / 6	113
T20I	6	64	12.80	0 / 0	41*

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), 12 September 2026.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

First Pakistani batter to score hundreds on both first-class and T20 debut.
201 v Sri Lanka in Colombo, July 2023, his maiden Test double hundred.
Hundred on his World Cup debut v Sri Lanka in 2023, in what was then the highest successful chase in World Cup history.
Test hundred against England in the first Test of the 2024 home series in Multan.
Won PSL titles with Lahore Qalandars in 2022 and 2023.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 20 November 1999, Sialkot
Batting: Right-handed
Bowling: Right-arm off break (occasional)
Debuts: T20I v Zimbabwe, 10 November 2020 · Test v Bangladesh, 26 November 2021 · ODI v Netherlands, 21 August 2022
Teams: Lahore Qalandars (PSL); Yorkshire (2025)
Shirt number: 57