Khalil Ahmed made a county debut from Essex (Photo -Sex/ X Account)
In the last few days, many Indian players have made their debut in England’s County Championships. Recently, Ishaan Kishan and Tilak Verma also made a county debut and now another Indian player has joined this list. While Ishaan Kishan made his debut with Nottinghamshar on one side, Tilak Verma played his first match of County for Hampsher and scored a century. Now powerful fast bowler Khalil Ahmed has stepped into county cricket for Essex. Khalil Ahmed made his debut against Yorkshire.
Khalil Ahmed made county debut
Khalil Ahmed recently also participated in England for the India -A team where he took four wickets in the second informal Test match against England Lions. However, he did not get a place in Team India for the Test series. But now he has got a chance in the county championship, where he will try to grab the attention of the selectors with his deadly bowling. Khalil Ahmed’s performance has been quite good in domestic and international level. However, he does not have much experience of bowling in England.
In the match between Yorkshire and Essex started on Sunday 29 June, Khalil’s team won the toss and decided to bat first. The batsmen of the team have so far batted very well and there is pressure on the opposing team. In such a situation, the fans will have to wait a little to see Khalil’s bowling. But when he gets down for bowling, he can face Pakistan’s strong batsman Abdullah Shafiq. Abdullah Shafiq has so far batted strongly against Pakistan in international cricket. Now fans will be desperate to see this competition between these two players.
Statistics of Khalil Ahmed
Talking about Khalil Ahmed’s figures, he has not yet made an international Test debut from Team India but he has taken 15 wickets in 11 matches in ODIs. He has taken 56 wickets in 20 first class matches in domestic cricket at an average of 27.67 while he has 92 wickets at an average of 27.92 in 63 List A matches.
