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Haider Ali (cricketer)

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Not to be confused with Haider Ali (cricketer, born 1994) or Haider Ali (cricketer, born 1997).

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

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)
2024Islamabad 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

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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