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Picture of a 12-year-old Rashid Khan

He is the second biggest age-fudger around after Iftikhar.

Rashid official age: 21
Rashid real age: 27-28

Iftikhar official age: 30
Iftikhar real age: 39-40
 
Absolutely amazing! How can that be even true?
 
:))

It's obvious really. Even when you look at most of the Afghan u-19 "kids", they look nowhere close to 19.

Growing up in a war-torn country, I don't think it's easy to have birth certificates so gives all the leeway to their board to print whatever ages they want.
 
Doesn't look 12 at all.

ICC shouldn't allow a player to play unless age is properly verified.
 
If you can't produce a legit birth certificate, you can't play. That should be the rule.

Don't care how good you are.
 
Here is another picture of him at 12. With the date shown

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I wish we could see the photo of (supposedly) 12 years old Iftikhar Ahmed :ifti
 
Kaddy said:
I wish we could see the photo of (supposedly) 12 years old Iftikhar Ahmed :ifti
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The fact that even Ajmal was joking about him having played FC cricket since 1974 says it all really.
 
Varun said:
If you can't produce a legit birth certificate, you can't play. That should be the rule.

Don't care how good you are.
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:))

They play with legit Birth certificates.

Hint, Rashid is known as Rashid Khan but his fb profile says Rashid Arman Shinwari.
 
Mamoon said:
He is the second biggest age-fudger around after Iftikhar.

Rashid official age: 21
Rashid real age: 27-28

Iftikhar official age: 30
Iftikhar real age: 39-40
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what about haider ali
 
Mamoon said:
He is the second biggest age-fudger around after Iftikhar.

Rashid official age: 21
Rashid real age: 27-28

Iftikhar official age: 30
Iftikhar real age: 39-40
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Rashid Khan is 26 year old, my friend studied with him in Peshawar
 
I have studied with Afghans and it is true they look more older than their age.
 
Hes at least 18yrs old in these pics

So his real age is around 26 at least
 
andy0204 said:
I have studied with Afghans and it is true they look more older than their age.
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You have studied with Afghans who are also studying with their certificate- hence what you know about their age doesn’t match with what you see in your eyes. I live here in Toronto and have seen several Afghan kids born and growing in front of my eyes - and yes, 12 years old Afghan kids born in Canadian hospitals sometimes around 2008 do look like other 12 years old; I haven’t seen much difference there.
 
Rashid Khan is probably 26-27. No doubt. I want to bet my house on that.

Nasim Shah 17 is another joke.

Ifthekhar is probably the worst.

Shaheen is not 20 either.

I listen to interview with Afridi and Malik and both of them admitted that they were couple of years older than their official age.
 
Looks at least 20 in the picture.

Age cheating usually catches up with players when they claim to be 30 but are closer to 35 or more.
 
Bruh he doesn't even look 20, when I was in my early 20s I had a baby face and just now in my mid 20s I'm beginning to look more mature, he looks at least 25-26
 
A sub continent issue, i wonder if the current lot of Indian players have the correct ages
 
Our Players generally take off 3 years but the Afghans to their credit dont do half measures take off 6 to 8. The 14 yr in the last U19 WC was around 21 if not older.
 
I don't think it is a massive issue playing at the senior level. Either your game will get found out quickly and you'll be discarded or you'll have a few great years with a sudden drop off that can't be explained officially. Likely, you just got too old and reflexes went with the age.

It is an issue at the junior age levels. I hope it becomes a mainstream issue and becomes more regulated.

As for Pakistan, I think as we continue to become more digital and birth certificates/registrations are better logged by NADRA we will see a drop off of massive age fudging in the next decade. I would even venture to say that the crop of age based players from Pakistan in the next 4-5 years will be more or less their stated age given that NADRA went to electronic record keeping in the early 2000s.
 
A below average bowler who gets demolished by top 8 sides in cricket whist picking up a bucket ton against teams ranked lower than WI, I've heard from someone who's played cricket back in his country that he's at least 29-30 or 30-31.
 
gazza619 said:
A sub continent issue, i wonder if the current lot of Indian players have the correct ages
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It's an issue in India, Rahul Dravid complained about age gauging in Indian domestic cricket and apparently it's also commonplace in Bollywood which is their biggest industry.
 
I'm not entirely sure the hype around this guy either. He's a minnow bully and disappears when facing higher profile players.
 
Mamoon said:
He is the second biggest age-fudger around after Iftikhar.

Rashid official age: 21
Rashid real age: 27-28

Iftikhar official age: 30
Iftikhar real age: 39-40
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I think Iftikhar might be even older. Misbah would probably look younger than him without the beard
 
Don;t think Rashid Khan is an age-fudger, not many people know Afghan calendar year is a bit longer, 600 days/year.
 
Mamoon said:
He is the second biggest age-fudger around after Iftikhar.

Rashid official age: 21
Rashid real age: 27-28

Iftikhar official age: 30
Iftikhar real age: 39-40
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No joke. Iftikhar might be 50

At the very least, 50 is more realistic than the current 29
 
Giannis said:
It's an issue in India, Rahul Dravid complained about age gauging in Indian domestic cricket and apparently it's also commonplace in Bollywood which is their biggest industry.
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India is rightly punishing age fudgers but even those caught were only around 1 year above their certificate age. Nowhere close to what happens in Afghanistan.
 
MenInG said:
Absolutely amazing! How can that be even true?
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One of the biggest age fudgers of all time. It was clear the guy was in his 20s when they were claiming he was 16. I would roll my eyes every time a commentator would say his fake age.
 
mmkextreme_1 said:
Oh please, are we just naming names for the sake of naming names?

Haider Ali definitely isn't in that category. The guy genuinely looks young.
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He doesn't look like a teenager...
NS looks younger than him (he is 19 y/o and well built but still looks younger)
 
Bigboii said:
He doesn't look like a teenager...
NS looks younger than him (he is 19 y/o and well built but still looks younger)
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Bro have you seen American teenagers? They look old as hell, just look at any NBA or NFL draft class, bunch of 18-19 year olds who look mid 20s, you can judge age based off just appearance.
 
Giannis said:
Bro have you seen American teenagers? They look old as hell, just look at any NBA or NFL draft class, bunch of 18-19 year olds who look mid 20s, you can judge age based off just appearance.
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But they're NBA, NFL teenagers not cricketers :genius

Regular teenager everywhere is a regular teenager (NBA, NFL teenagers are proper athletes where they have to bulk up)
 
Bigboii said:
But they're NBA, NFL teenagers not cricketers :genius

Regular teenager everywhere is a regular teenager (NBA, NFL teenagers are proper athletes where they have to bulk up)
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I'm not talking about their physiques but their faces, a lot of them look a lot older just by their features, skin and facial hair. Maybe it's the GMOs in the food or they're on gear.
 
I don't care how good a cricketer is, age cheaters are like a cancer to cricket.

When playing junior grade they corrupt the system by blocking opportunities for legit cricketers, and giving a false positive sense of their own potential. For example a 14 year old playing U12 cricket is taking up the slot of someone more talented who could develop given time and opportunity, but instead now could be lost to the game.

It continues at the FC or international level. Coaches and management will have obviously different long term plans for an out of form (or even in form) 35 year old as compared to someone who's 30. Instead the 35 actually going on 30 player could be given a longer rope because "he's still young". And he hurts his FC or national team because younger talents miss out (these may still fail when given the opportunity, but it's the principle).
 
Bigboii said:
He doesn't look like a teenager...
NS looks younger than him (he is 19 y/o and well built but still looks younger)
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Again, genetics plays a major role. I know some kids here in the US who are 16-17 but look much older. Does that mean they fudged their age as well? On the other hand, I've also seen 26-27 year olds that look like they are around 19-20. Yes, in the case of Rashid and Ifti, those are SUPER obvious. We can't say the same for Haider Ali IMO.

Haider Ali is basically 20 years old (will be next month according to his DOB). Gone are the days in Pakistan cricket where players use to fudge their ages by 4-5 years.
 
Cryin Out Loud said:
I don't care how good a cricketer is, age cheaters are like a cancer to cricket.

When playing junior grade they corrupt the system by blocking opportunities for legit cricketers, and giving a false positive sense of their own potential. For example a 14 year old playing U12 cricket is taking up the slot of someone more talented who could develop given time and opportunity, but instead now could be lost to the game.

It continues at the FC or international level. Coaches and management will have obviously different long term plans for an out of form (or even in form) 35 year old as compared to someone who's 30. Instead the 35 actually going on 30 player could be given a longer rope because "he's still young". And he hurts his FC or national team because younger talents miss out (these may still fail when given the opportunity, but it's the principle).
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This. 100 times this. Age fudgers are poison that kill the system.
 
mmkextreme_1 said:
Again, genetics plays a major role. I know some kids here in the US who are 16-17 but look much older. Does that mean they fudged their age as well? On the other hand, I've also seen 26-27 year olds that look like they are around 19-20. Yes, in the case of Rashid and Ifti, those are SUPER obvious. We can't say the same for Haider Ali IMO.

Haider Ali is basically 20 years old (will be next month according to his DOB). Gone are the days in Pakistan cricket where players use to fudge their ages by 4-5 years.
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This. Also, Haider comes from a family of landowners and is educated, I think is still completing some studies part time. When he was born his b form was documented in Attock which has enough facilities for proper documentation. Throughout the education process ages are also well documented. He is unlikely to be a single day older than his listed DOB.

If he is, though, it cannot be by more than a year.
 
mmkextreme_1 said:
Again, genetics plays a major role. I know some kids here in the US who are 16-17 but look much older. Does that mean they fudged their age as well? On the other hand, I've also seen 26-27 year olds that look like they are around 19-20. Yes, in the case of Rashid and Ifti, those are SUPER obvious. We can't say the same for Haider Ali IMO.

Haider Ali is basically 20 years old (will be next month according to his DOB). Gone are the days in Pakistan cricket where players use to fudge their ages by 4-5 years.
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Image from when he was 18
 
mmkextreme_1 said:
Again, genetics plays a major role. I know some kids here in the US who are 16-17 but look much older. Does that mean they fudged their age as well? On the other hand, I've also seen 26-27 year olds that look like they are around 19-20. Yes, in the case of Rashid and Ifti, those are SUPER obvious. We can't say the same for Haider Ali IMO.

Haider Ali is basically 20 years old (will be next month according to his DOB). Gone are the days in Pakistan cricket where players use to fudge their ages by 4-5 years.
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Haider might not be a fudger but those days are certainly not gone.

Naseem is the latest example.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
This. Also, Haider comes from a family of landowners and is educated, I think is still completing some studies part time. When he was born his b form was documented in Attock which has enough facilities for proper documentation. Throughout the education process ages are also well documented. He is unlikely to be a single day older than his listed DOB.

If he is, though, it cannot be by more than a year.
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PCB facilitates age-fudging as well. They did it in Naseem’s case.

Haider might be 20, but having proper documentation means nothing when PCB is complicit in faking your age.
 
Again this arguments regarding the age of PAK cricketers - haven't we learned enough? Just about 2 years back we had lots of such theories regarding "teen aged" Shadab Khan, Musa Khan, Ruhail ........ now Naseem & Haider. What birth certificate has to do with it when PCB itself is helping players to cheat age - Naseem's example isn't enough? Systematic & sponsored age cheating has cost PAK cricket the most, and it'll keep costing further unless the fans first accept that almost every PAK cricketer is born as a 3 to 7 years old kid .... someone like Iftekhar may be 12 ...... PAK is making nuclear missiles and 4th generation fighters therefore it's not impossible to verify genuine age of players - PCB decided not to. It's a choice, not limitation - therefore players' family back-ground hardly matters in this regard.


Anyway, this thread is about Rashid and he played for a Dhaka League club - one of his team member celebrated his actual birthday and rumors are there that he was born in AFG, moved to PAK then back to AFG and these 8-10 years in between didn't move - at actual, he is around 29-30 now, but I can't prove anything.
 
mmkextreme_1 said:
Naseem hasn't fudged his age by 4-5 years.

His actual age is almost 19.
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Naseem will be 20 this year.

He was 19 last year but PCB advertised him as a 16 year old, which played a huge part in overhyping him to the moon.
 
Giannis said:
I'm not talking about their physiques but their faces, a lot of them look a lot older just by their features, skin and facial hair. Maybe it's the GMOs in the food or they're on gear.
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I mean I grew up in the city so I know my slang but wth is "gear" never heard of it before sounds foreign to me :13:
 
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