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Afghanistan batsman Najeeb Tarakai dies aged 29 following road accident

Tuesday 6 October 2020 14:01, UK

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Image: Afghanistan batsman Najeeb Tarakai has died at the age of 29 following a road accident earlier this month.

Afghanistan batsman Najeeb Tarakai has died at the age of 29 following a road accident earlier this month.

Afghanistan's cricket board confirmed the news on Tuesday with a tweet saying they were now mourning a "heart-breaking and grievous loss."

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Top-order batsman Tarakai made his Afghanistan debut during the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and went on to play 12 T20 internationals and one one-day international for his country.

Tarakai's final appearance for Afghanistan came in a T20 international against Bangladesh in Dhaka in September 2019.

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He scored 32 in his last outing for Mis Ainak Knights in the Shpageeza Cricket League, Afghanistan's T20 tournament, last month.

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