A left-given batsman who bowls right-arm off-break, Najibullah Zadran addressed Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. He made his T20 debut in the Faysal Bank T20 Cup against Rawalpindi Rams for the Afghan Cheetahs. In the competition, he scored 58 runs in his three appearances, at a normal of 29 with a most elevated score of 51 not out. Najibullah made his ODI debut against Ireland in July 2012 and scored 23 runs in his most memorable game. His T20I debut came against India in September 2012 in the T20 World Cup. Najibullah has been a decent worker of the game for Afghanistan. Despite the fact that, he has neglected to change over begins large scores, Najibullah's ongoing structure is great. Politeness of his endeavors, Najib as he is affectionately known among his partners was remembered for the Afghanistan crew for the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. He neglected to repeat his fruitful run at the uber occasion scoring an unobtrusive 123 runs in 6 matches at a normal of 24.60. The hard-hitting batsman was hence dropped from the public side. Najibullah returned to First-Class cricket and leveled up his abilities. In 2016, he pummeled a 35-ball 60 in his rebound game against UAE which assisted Afghanistan with fitting the bill for the primary draw of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh. It was no thinking back for him from that point forward as he became one of the pillars of Afghanistan's batting. In 2017, he was declared the captain of Afghanistan A for the tri-series in the rainbow country including India and has South Africa. He satisfied his charging with two or three fifties. Najibullah was remembered for the BPL draft for 2017 and Chittagong Vikings marked him up.