Hashim Amla (Cricketer)

Some lesser known facts about Hashim Amla

• Does Hashim Amla smoke?: No

• Does Hashim Amla drink alcohol?: No

• Amla is often called The Bearded Batting Maestro due to his achievements as a batsman.

• He belongs to a Gujarati family background.

• He is a disciplined follower of Islam and has refused to wear any jersey with alcohol company’s logo on it. Once he even paid $500 fine for not wearing it. 

• His ODI century scoring rate is better than Virat Kohli.  Till the end of 2014, he scored 16 centuries from 98 ODI’s.  Kohli has scored 20 in 144 ODI’s.

• In 2010, he scored more than 1000 runs in both Tests and ODIs.

• In 2013, he won the Wisden Cricketers of the Year Award.

• After Ricky Ponting, he was the only batsman to be ranked #1 in both Test and ODI ICC rankings in 2013.

• He occasionally bowls off-spin.

• During the IPL9 in 2016,  he debut in IPL for Kings XI Punjab by replacing injured Shaun Marsh.

• His elder brother, Ahmed is a professional cricketer in South African domestic cricket.

• He is the 4th batsman ever to hit an ODI hundred against all Test playing countries.

• Thought, he became the South Africa’s Test captain in 2014, but it really affected his batting and  in January 2016, he stepped down of his captaincy.

• On 9 June 2025, he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.