Akbar Badshah

Akbar Badshah (born 15 December 1985) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Badshah was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Nowshera, North-West Frontier Province.

Badshah made his senior domestic debut in the 2001/02 season and went on to represent Peshawar in first-class cricket for much of his career.

One of Badshah's most notable seasons came in 2011/12. In November 2011, he and Mohammad Rizwan both scored centuries for Peshawar against Karachi Whites in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with Badshah making 122 on the second day before going on to score 143 not out, then the highest first-class score of his career. The following month, captaining Peshawar in the Division Two final, he shared an unbroken century partnership with Jamaluddin to complete a six-wicket victory over Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and secure promotion to Division One.

Badshah remained a regular for Peshawar through the mid-2010s. In November 2015, he scored an unbeaten 106 against United Bank Limited in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. In September 2018, he made 114 not out for Peshawar against Khan Research Laboratories in the opening round of the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Later that season, as Peshawar captain, he scored 49 against Habib Bank Limited in the Super Eight stage of the same competition.

Badshah played 96 first-class matches. In these, he scored 4,391 runs at a batting average of 30.49, making 23 half-centuries and 8 centuries.