Mohammad Nabi proved his mettle in this year's ICC World Cup T20 tournament in India where he played a key role in getting his team through to the Super 10s.

Born in 1985 in Logar province, this right-handed batsman also led the Afghan team as captain between 2012 and 2015.

In 2013 Mohammad Nabi was bought by Sylhet Royals for a reported $30,000 USD to play in the Bangladesh Premier League.

On a club level, Nabi has played for Sylhet Royals and Mohammedan Sporting Club of Bangladesh, Afghan Cheetahs in Pakistan and Marylebone Cricket Club in UK. In 2016 he played for Quetta Gladiators in Pakistan's Super League (PSL).

Nabi played for the Afghan Cheetahs which competed in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011-12 in Pakistan and also for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) alongside Hamid Hassan. They played on behalf of MCC for the curtain raiser of the English county season against champion Nottinghamshire in March 2011.

MCC defeated Nottinghamshire by 174 runs and Hamid Hassan took 7 wickets and Nabi 2 wickets. They also played for the MCC in the Twenty20 side as they took on Nottinghamshire, Durham, Sussex and a select Fly Emirates side, in the Emirates Airline Twenty20 Trophy.

Nabi hails from a respected family that migrated to Peshawar, Pakistan, during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and he has been an influential player in Afghanistan's rapid rise through the ranks of international cricket, taking 11 wickets during the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, helping Afghanistan finish top and to progress to the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.

After finishing 5th and gaining One Day International (ODI) status Nabi made his ODI debut in 2009 against Scotland - scoring 58 runs for Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan's first match of the Intercontinental Cup 2010, which was Afghanistan's debut first-class match, Nabi made 102 in Afghanistan's first innings against a Zimbabwe XI in a team total of 427 all out.

In February 2010, Nabi made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland, where he took a single wicket. Despite this, Afghanistan lost the match by 5 wickets.

In November 2010, Nabi was appointed Afghanistan's captain for Asian Games; however, Nawroz Mangal was restored as captain after the tournament. Under Nabi's captaincy Afghanistan finished runners-up, losing only to Bangladesh in the final.

In March 2013, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced that Nabi would lead the national side in the ICC Intercontinental Cup in the UAE, after Mangal was stripped of the captaincy following his dismal show in the limited-over series in Pakistan the previous month. Afghanistan began life under Nabi's captaincy with a comfortable win in the first of two Twenty20 internationals against Scotland in Sharjah. Nabi took two wickets for 12 runs in four overs.

Asghar Stanikzai was appointed as the captain, after Nabi was passed down the captaincy due to a loss in group stages at 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

However, Nabi was picked up for the Afghan team for 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier and 2016 ICC World Twenty20 as middle order batting all-rounder. Though they lost the Asia Cup qualifier by losing to UAE, Afghanistan came back strongly in the first round of the T20 World Cup.

Nabi played a key role in getting his team to qualify and win against Hong Kong and Zimbabwe in the group stage. Nabi was the man of the match in both these matches and Afghanistan moved to the Super 10s round from Group B.

He played in all World Cup 2016 matches and so far has taken the most wickets in the tournament – 12.

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