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Haider Ali (cricketer)

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Haider Ali
Personal information
Full name
Malik Haidar Ali Khan[1]
Born (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 24)
Attock, Punjab, Pakistan
Height6 ft (183 cm)[2]
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 226)1 November 2020 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI3 November 2020 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 87)1 September 2020 v England
Last T20I27 October 2022 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–2023Northern
2020–2022Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 12)
2023Karachi Kings (squad no. 46)
2023Derbyshire (squad no. 12)
2024-presentIslamabad United (squad no. 46)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 2 33 23 39
Runs scored 42 499 1,517 1,283
Batting average 21.00 18.48 43.34 33.76
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 4/8 1/10
Top score 29 68 206 118
Catches/stumpings 1/— 7/— 14/— 13/—
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Pakistan
Asia Cup
Runner-up 2022 UAE
T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2022 Australia
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2023

Haider Ali (Urdu, Punjabi: حیدر علی; born 2 October 2000) is a Pakistani cricketer.[3][4]

He made his first-class debut in September 2019.[5] He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team on 1 September 2020.[6]

Due to his batting style, his compact defence technique, his off-side play and his pull shots, he has been compared to Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma.[1] He himself considers Sharma to be his role model.[7]

Early career

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He was born in Attock, Punjab to a zamindar father.[1] His Punjabi Awan family is known for being more into tent-pegging and horse-riding than cricket, and apart from a cousin who played for Rawalpindi Rams, he's the only one to have played professional cricket, beginning with tape-ball cricket in 2015 and joining the Al Faisal cricket club few months later, before playing at Under-16 level in 2016 and at Under-19 level in 2017.[8]

Domestic and franchise career

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He made his Twenty20 debut for Rawalpindi in the 2018–19 National T20 Cup on 10 December 2018.[9] In September 2019, he was named in Northern's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[10][11] He made his first-class debut for Northern in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 14 September 2019.[12]

In December 2019, he was drafted by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise team Peshawar Zalmi as their Supplementary category Player during the 2020 PSL draft.[13] On 10 March 2020, he became the youngest cricketer to score a fifty in the PSL.[14]

In August 2021, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs' squad for the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.[15] In December 2021, in the seventh round of the 2021–22 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket with 206 runs.[16]

In July 2022, he was signed by the Dambulla Giants for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[17]

Ali batting for Derbyshire in 2023.

International career

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In November 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[18] He made his List A cricket debut for Pakistan, against Afghanistan, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019.[19] In December 2019, he was named the vice-captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[20]

In May 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) awarded him a central contract, in a newly created Emerging Players' category, ahead of the 2020–21 season.[21][22] In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan's tour to England during the COVID-19 pandemic.[23][24] However, on 22 June 2020, Ali was one of three players from Pakistan's squad to test positive for COVID-19.[25] Although he had shown no previous symptoms of the virus,[26] he was advised to go into a period of self-isolation.[27] On 21 August, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad, also for the series against England.[28] He made his T20I debut for Pakistan, against England, on 1 September 2020.[29] In his debut T20I match, he scored 54 runs, becoming the first cricketer for Pakistan to score a fifty on a T20I debut.[30]

In October 2020, he was named in a 22-man squad of "probables" for Pakistan's home series against Zimbabwe.[31][32] On 31 October 2020, he was added to Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for the second match of the series.[33] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan, against Zimbabwe, on 1 November 2020.[34] In November 2020, he was named in Pakistan's 35-man squad for their tour to New Zealand.[35]

In June 2021, Ali was named to Pakistan's squads for their tours of England and the West Indies.[36][37] However, on 24 June 2021, he was withdrawn from Pakistan's squads, after breaching the bio-secure bubble at the 2021 Pakistan Super League tournament.[38][39] In October 2021, he was named the vice-captain of the Pakistan Shaheens for their tour of Sri Lanka.[40] In August 2022, Ali was named in Pakistan's squad for Asia cup 2022.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Dwivedi, Sandeep (20 October 2021). "Haider Ali: Pakistan's Rohit Sharma, and a courageous adventure-seeker". The Indian Express.
  2. ^ Husain, Amir (12 July 2019). "Talent Spotter : Haider Ali". PakPassion. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Haider Ali". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Haider Ali: Rohit Sharma is my 'role model'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  6. ^ "3rd T20I: England opt to bowl as Pakistan's Haider Ali makes debut". Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ Rasool, Danyal (18 June 2020). "Haider Ali: Rohit Sharma is my 'role model'". CricInfo.
  8. ^ Farooq, Umar (21 June 2021). "Haider Ali: 'If Peshawar Zalmi hadn't given me the confidence, I might not have ended up in the Pakistan team'". CricInfo.
  9. ^ "1st Match, National T20 Cup at Multan, Dec 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. ^ "PCB announces squads for 2019-20 domestic season". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Sarfaraz Ahmed and Babar Azam to take charge of Pakistan domestic sides". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. ^ "3rd Match, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at Abbottabad, Sep 14-17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Teams decided for PSL 5 as draft ends in Lahore". Samaa TV. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Zalmi's Haider Ali the youngest batsman to score fifty in PSL history". Daily Times. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Afghanistan's Qais Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq and Waqar Salamkheil set to feature in CPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Haider's 206, Haris Rauf's six-fer put Northern on top". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  17. ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Saud Shakeel named Pakistan captain for ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Group B, Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup at Cox's Bazar, Nov 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Pakistan squad for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 named". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Naseem Shah earns PCB central contract; Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir left out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Naseem Shah named in men's central contract list for 2020-21". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Haider Ali the new face as Pakistan name 29-man touring party for England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  24. ^ "Haider Ali named in 29-player squad for England tour". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  25. ^ "Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Haider Ali test positive for Covid-19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  26. ^ "Three Pakistan players test positive for coronavirus ahead of England tour". The National. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  27. ^ "Update on players' Covid-19 tests". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  28. ^ "Pakistan shortlist 17 players for England T20Is". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  29. ^ "3rd T20I (N), Manchester, Sep 1 2020, Pakistan tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  30. ^ "Haider Ali becomes 1st Pakistani to score 50 on T20I debut". Geo Super. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  31. ^ "Abdullah Shafiq in Pakistan probables for Zimbabwe series". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  32. ^ "Amir dropped, Uncapped Shafique in Pakistan squad for Zimbabwe series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  33. ^ "Pakistan Announce 15-Man Squad For The Second ODI Against Zimbabwe". Cricket Addictor. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  34. ^ "2nd ODI (D/N), Rawalpindi, Nov 1 2020, Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  35. ^ "Pakistan name 35-player squad for New Zealand". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  36. ^ "Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah return to Pakistan Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  37. ^ "Pakistan name squads for England and West Indies tours". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  38. ^ "Haider, Umaid suspended from HBL PSL 6 final for bio-secure breach". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  39. ^ "PSL: Haider, Umaid suspended from final for bubble breach". ANI News. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  40. ^ "Pakistan Shaheens for Sri Lanka tour named". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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