Aftab Ahmed (Bangladeshi cricketer)
Bangladeshi cricketer
Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury (Bengali: আফতাব আহেমদ চৌধুরী, born 10 November 1985) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. In August 2014, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after the 2014/15 domestic season to focus on coaching.
Early life
Aftab Ahmed was born and spent most of his childhood in Chittagong. His first school was St. Mary's School. In his early days Aftab was careless about playing international cricket and even thought of it as a torture. He even refused to get admitted into BKSP as he had to leave his family and friends for it. But his father was a valiant fan of sports and wanted his son to become a cricketer.
Aftab remained passive about his cricketing career and have the record of leaving camp.
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