Aftab Ahmed (Sind University cricketer)


Aftab Ahmed was a Pakistani cricketer who played a single match for Sind University during the 1958–59 season. Aftab's only recorded match at first-class level came during that season's edition of the Inter-Universities Championship, contested between a number of Pakistani universities. In the match, played against Punjab University in January 1959 at the Bohra Gymkhana Ground, Karachi, Punjab University amassed a total of 702 all out, an innings which included four centuries. Although playing as a wicket-keeper, Aftab did not make any dismissals during the innings, and scored only 14 runs while batting, with the match finishing in a draw after three days. That match was to be the team's only match of the competition, and he was replaced as wicket-keeper by Akhtar Hussain for the following seasons' tournament. Aftab did not play any further matches at a major level.