Hassan Eisakhil

Profile details

FULL NAME

Hassan Eisakhil

PLAYING ROLE

Batter

TEAMS

Kandahar Warriors

Twenty years old, and already a hundred-maker

Hassan Eisakhil was born on 28 July 2006 in Logar, Afghanistan. He is a right-handed opening batter, the son of Afghanistan legend Mohammad Nabi, and he joins Kandahar Warriors for APL 2026-27 as a Gold pick from the player draft in Dubai on 3 November 2026, for a reported US$40,000.

His breakthrough came in the Bangladesh Premier League in January 2026. On debut against Dhaka Capitals he made 92, and days later he scored his maiden T20 hundred, 107. Across three BPL matches he made 224 runs at an average of 112.00 — the kind of start that gets a 20-year-old picked in Gold in a franchise draft.

The family thread is impossible to miss, and it is a strength rather than a shadow: his father is in the same squad, in the same dressing room, captained by the same man. Nabi won this tournament in 2018; his son is playing his first APL season in 2026-27, eight years later.

As an opener his job is the clearest in the side: see off the new ball, set the platform, and let the power in the middle order — Shahzad, Perera, Clarke, Munsey — do the rest. If he repeats his BPL form, Kandahar’s top order solves itself.

Hassan Eisakhil in numbers

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

His form line is short but loud: 224 runs in three BPL matches at 112.00 in January 2026, including 92 on debut against Dhaka Capitals and a maiden T20 hundred of 107. Those are the numbers Kandahar paid Gold money for.

Father and son in the same XI

Hassan Eisakhil and Mohammad Nabi are the first father-and-son pair in the same APL squad, and Kandahar will use that deliberately. The son opens the batting; the father finishes innings and bowls off-spin. Between them they cover both ends of a T20 innings.

For the 20-year-old, the dressing room is a finishing school: Rashid Khan as captain, Muhammad Amir and Tymal Mills sharing the new ball in the nets, Kusal Perera and Joe Clarke as fellow top-order batters to learn from. Few young openers get that kind of company in their first franchise season.

Kandahar play eight league matches with four playoff places for five teams, so a young opener will get his chances — and will be judged quickly. Eisakhil’s BPL record says he does not need long to settle. The APL is his next stage, and it is a bigger one.

The APL stage is bigger than the BPL one he conquered in January — and he has eight league matches to show it.