Abdul Malik profiles Saleem Safi after 6/140 against India

abdul malik was profiled after Mohammad Saleem Safi took 6/140 against India, a spell that put the Afghanistan cricketer’s rise back in focus. The profile tied that performance to a comeback story that began when he quit cricket at 16.

Saleem Safi and Rana Naved

Safi is described as an Afghanistan cricketer who later impressed Pakistan’s Rana Naved-ul-Hasan with his pace. That detail gives the profile its shape: his path was not a straight one, and the move away from the game came before the innings against India that brought him into view again.

India 564-8

The context around the story includes India declaring on 564-8, with Safi taking six wickets for 140 runs. The figure, 6/140, is the clearest measure of his role in that innings and the reason the profile centers on him rather than on the match alone.

Saleem Safi's return

The sequence in the verified facts is simple: he quit at 16, later caught Rana Naved-ul-Hasan’s eye with pace, and then produced 6/140 against India. For readers tracking Afghan cricket, the practical takeaway is that Safi’s name now sits beside a major spell against a strong lineup, and that is the performance this profile asks them to remember.