Afghanistan cricketer Najeeb Tarakai, who was severely injured in a fatal car accident in Jalalabad on Friday, died on Tuesday. He was 29.
Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed the shocking news on Twitter. "ACB and Afghanistan Cricket Loving Nation mourns the heartbreaking and grievous loss of its aggressive opening batsman & a very fine human being Najeeb Tarakai (29) who lost his life to a tragic traffic accident leaving us all shocked," the ACB said in a tweet.
Najeeb Tarakai played 12 T20Is and one ODI for Afghanistan. He had made his international debut at the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. He also played 24 first-class games, scoring 2030 runs at an average of 47.20. His highest international score of '90' had come during the T20I series against Ireland in March 2017.
Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed the shocking news on Twitter. "ACB and Afghanistan Cricket Loving Nation mourns the heartbreaking and grievous loss of its aggressive opening batsman & a very fine human being Najeeb Tarakai (29) who lost his life to a tragic traffic accident leaving us all shocked," the ACB said in a tweet.
Najeeb Tarakai played 12 T20Is and one ODI for Afghanistan. He had made his international debut at the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. He also played 24 first-class games, scoring 2030 runs at an average of 47.20. His highest international score of '90' had come during the T20I series against Ireland in March 2017.