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Born | Phool Nagar, Punjab, Pakistan | 16 January 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Yoyo [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowling all-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 230) | 11 May 2018 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 14 December 2023 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 213) | 12 June 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 10 September 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 75) | 12 September 2017 v World XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 14 April 2023 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013/14–2014/15, 2023–present | Faisalabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16 | National Bank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016/17 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Islamabad United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Central Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20 | Dhaka Platoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Khulna Tigers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 24 September 2022 |
Faheem Ashraf ( Urdu: رانا فہیم اشرف ; born 16 January 1994) is a Pakistani international cricketer who represents the national side and plays first-class cricket for Faisalabad. [3] [4]
In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). [5] [6]
Rana Faheem Ashraf is the first Pakistani to take a hat-trick in the T20 format of the game. His heroics on the pitch earned him the nickname "Rana Faheem Stokes" by the Pakistani cricket fans.
Born into a Muslim Rajput family in Phool Nagar, a town located in Kasur, Punjab, his father Rana Muhammad Ashraf is an influential lawyer. [7]
He has two sisters and six brothers. [8]
Faheem began his professional cricket journey in 2010 by playing in the inter-district Under-19 competition in the Faisalabad region. Later, he played for the Faisalabad Under-19 team before being remarked in 2013, when he played at senior district-level tournament for Kasur, eventually integrating the Faisalabad team for the 2013–14 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. [9]
Faheem scored a century on his first-class debut in 2013–14. [9] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup, taking 19 wickets. [10] He was also the leading wicket-taker for Punjab in the 2017 Pakistan Cup, with eight dismissals in four matches. [11]
In September 2019, he was named in Central Punjab's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. [12] [13]
In March 2017, Faheem was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies, although he did not play. [14] In April 2017, he was named in Pakistan's ODI squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. [15]
In an ICC Champions Trophy warm-up match against Bangladesh, Ashraf scored 64 runs in Pakistan's two-wicket win. [16] [17] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy on 12 June 2017, dismissing Dinesh Chandimal for his first ODI wicket. [18]
He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Pakistan against a World XI in the 2017 Independence Cup on 12 September 2017. [19]
On 27 October 2017, he took a hat-trick for Pakistan in the second T20I match against Sri Lanka at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi helping team seal a series lead and became the first bowler for Pakistan, and sixth player overall, to take a hat-trick in a T20I. [20] [21]
In April 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their tours to Ireland and England in May 2018. [22] He made his Test debut for Pakistan, against Ireland, on 11 May 2018. [23] [24]
In July 2018, he took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs, against Zimbabwe, at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. [25] The following month, he was named the PCB's Emerging Player of the Year. [26]
In April 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [27] [28] However, on 20 May 2019, he was dropped from Pakistan's squad, after they announced their final team for the tournament. [29] [30]
In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan's tour to England during the COVID-19 pandemic. [31] [32] In July, he was shortlisted in Pakistan's 20-man squad for the Test matches against England. [33] [34]
In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against South Africa. [35] [36] In the first Test, Ashraf scored 64 with the bat. [37]
In November 2017, he was drafted in by Islamabad United from Gold category (earning between US$50,000-US$60,000) in the 2018 Pakistan Super League players draft. [38] Faheem played an integral part in team's winning the 2018 season. Faheem took 18 wickets and scored runs in crucial moments for his side. He was the leading wicket-taker of the tournament and won the best bowler of the season award at the end of the season along with a maroon cap. [39]
In December 2021, he was signed by Islamabad United following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League. [40]
In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. [41]
In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. [42]
In August 2022, he was signed by Hobart Hurricanes for BBL 12. [43]
Faheem Ashraf hails from a well-settled Rajput family in Kasur, Phool Nagar area. His father Rana Muhammad Ashraf is a well-known personality in the law sector in Kasur area.
His father didn't want him to be a cricket player, as he explained in an interview on the TV show. There are two sisters and seven brothers the entire family of Faheem.