# Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament

Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament is a four-day cricket tournament in Afghanistan played between regional teams, each representing a number of Afghan provinces.
Up to and including the 2016–17 Tournament, the matches were not given first-class status. However, at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in February 2017, first-class status was awarded to all future matches, starting with the 2017–18 tournament. It is named after founder of the Durrani Empire, Ahmad Shah Durrani.

## History

Afghanistan's multi-day tournament, the Ahmad Shah Abdali tournament, initially began as a three-day competition hosted in Peshawar, Pakistan in 2011 before being held in Afghanistan for all subsequent seasons. It transitioned to a four-day structure in 2014, with five regional teams competing - Amo, Band-e-Amir, Boost, Mis Ainak and Speen Ghar. A sixth team, Kabul, joined the competition in 2016. The Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team participated in the inaugural 2011 season only. The teams play each other twice before the two sides at the top of the table play for the end of season championship. The competition runs from September through December. In February 2017 the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded first-class status to Afghanistan's four-day domestic competition.

## Teams

| Current teams (2023) | Debut year | Wins |
| Hindukush Strikers | 2023 |
| Mah-e-Par Stars | 2023 |
| Maiwand Champions | 2023 | 2023 |
| Pamir Legends | 2023 |

### Former teams

| Former teams | Home ground | Years active |
| Amo Region | Balkh Cricket Stadium, Mazar-i-Sharif | 2011–2022 |
| Band-e-Amir Region | Ghazni Cricket Ground, Ghazni | 2011–2022 |
| Boost Region | Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar | 2011–2022 |
| Mis Ainak Region | Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost | 2011–2022 |
| Speen Ghar Region | Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad | 2011–2022 |
| Afghanistan Under-19 | | 2011 |
| Kabul Region | Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground, Kabul | 2016–2019 |

## Champions

This table lists all the champions of the Ahmad Shah Abdali Regional Tournament during the competition's pre-first-class era under the 3-Day (2011-2013) and 4-Day formats (2014 onwards).
| Season | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up |
| 2011 | Mis Ainak Region (1) | Band-e-Amir Region |
| 2012 | Mis Ainak Region (2) | Speen Ghar Region |
| 2013 | Boost Region (1) | Band-e-Amir Region |
| 2014–15 | Mis Ainak Region (3) | Speen Ghar Region |
| 2015–16 | Mis Ainak Region (4) | Speen Ghar Region |
| 2016 | Speen Ghar Region (1) | Mis Ainak Region |
This table lists all the champions of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament during the competition's first-class era.
| Season | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Leading run-scorer (club) | Runs | Leading wicket-taker (club) | Wickets |
| 2017–18 | Band-e-Amir Region (1) | Speen Ghar Region | Bahir Shah (Speen Ghar Region) | 1096 | Zia-ur-Rehman (Mis Ainak Region) Waqar Salamkheil (Band-e-Amir Region) Zahir Shehzad (Speen Ghar Region) | 55 |
| 2018 | Band-e-Amir Region (2) | Amo Region | Darwish Rasooli (Amo Region) | 1073 | Amir Hamza (Band-e-Amir Region) | 61 |
| 2019 | Speen Ghar Region (1) | Amo Region | Najeeb Tarakai (Speen Ghar Region) | 828 | Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo Region) | 46 |
| 2021 | Band-e-Amir Region (3) | Amo Region | Riaz Hassan (Band-e-Amir Region) | 636 | Zohaib Ahmadzai (Amo Region) | 32 |
| 2022 | Amo Region (1) | Band-e-Amir Region | Karim Janat (Band-e-Amir Region) | 561 | Amir Hamza (Band-e-Amir Region) | 30 |
| 2023 | Maiwand Champions (1) | Hindukush Strikers | | | | |
| 2024 | Pamir Legends (1) | Maiwand Champions | Ismat Alam (Pamir Legends) | 723 | Yamin Ahmadzai (Maiwand Champions) Fareed Ahmad (Pamir Legends) | 36 |