Numan Shah Agha

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Numan Shah Agha

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Kandahar Warriors

The best batter of the National T20 Cup

Numan Shah Agha was born on 22 April 2006 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He is a right-handed wicketkeeper-batter who does not bowl, and he joins Kandahar Warriors for APL 2026-27 as an Emerging pick from the player draft in Dubai on 3 November 2026, for a reported US$10,000.

The pick was earned, not gifted. He arrived at the draft as the best batter of the National T20 Cup in May 2026, with 403 runs at an average of 57.57 — and the innings that sealed it was a 119 not out in the final on 13 May 2026, the kind of knock that gets a 20-year-old noticed by every franchise in the room.

He was one of the franchise’s three Emerging picks, alongside Usman Khan and Naseer Khan Maroofkhil, and his selection put him in a nineteen-player squad led by Rashid Khan for a season starting on 27 December 2026 in the United Arab Emirates. The Emerging category is reserved for young Afghan players who have not yet established themselves at senior level.

He has played domestic cricket for Boost Region, Speen Ghar Tigers and Boost Defenders. The APL is his first franchise league, and his first chance to keep wicket and bat in the same XI as the biggest names in Afghan cricket.

Numan Shah Agha in numbers

The season has not started, so there are no APL 2026-27 numbers for Numan Shah Agha yet. The first ball is on Sunday 27 December 2026, and his figures for this season will be added here after Match 1.

His domestic form line is the reason he is here: 403 runs at 57.57 in the National T20 Cup in May 2026, including 119 not out in the final on 13 May. Those are the numbers of a batter ready for a bigger stage.

Fourth keeper in a squad of three

Kandahar already have three international keepers — Shahzad, Perera and Clarke — so Numan Shah Agha is the fourth keeper in the squad, and the youngest by a long way. That sounds like a long queue, but it is also the point of an Emerging pick: he is not bought to keep tomorrow, he is bought to learn from three internationals and be ready when his chance comes.

His batting is what will earn him games. A wicketkeeper-batter who made 403 runs at 57.57 in a domestic T20 tournament does not need to wait for an injury — he needs one innings in the nets that makes Ravi Bopara pick him as a batter first and a keeper second.

The APL season starts on 27 December 2026, and Kandahar play eight league matches. For a 20-year-old from Kandahar itself, playing for the Kandahar franchise, this is the homecoming season — and the 119 not out in a final says he does not shrink on big days.