Bjorn Fortuin

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Bjorn Fortuin
Personal information
Born (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 30)
Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  136)7 February 2020 v  England
Last ODI21 March 2023 v  West Indies
T20I debut(cap  84)18 September 2019 v  India
Last T20I3 September 2023 v  Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches5145681
Runs scored2442,107768
Batting average 1.008.8029.6717.86
100s/50s0/00/04/70/2
Top score117* 19462*
Balls bowled1862589,1783,713
Wickets 61515196
Bowling average 29.1620.8029.0330.33
5 wickets in innings 0051
10 wickets in match–000
Best bowling2/463/167/705/34
Catches/stumpings 0/–4/–26/–14/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2024 West Indies & USA
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2023

Bjorn Carl Fortuin also known as Imaad Fortuin is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in September 2019. [1]

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Domestic career

He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. [2] In August 2017, he was named in Durban Qalandars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. [3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. [4]

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season. [5] In October 2018, he was named in Paarl Rocks' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. [6] [7] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 CSA T20 Challenge tournament, with fifteen dismissals in ten matches. [8] In August 2019, he was named the CSA T20 Challenge Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony. [9]

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Paarl Rocks team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [10] In April 2021, he was named in Gauteng's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. [11] On 1 April 2022, in Division One of the 2021–22 CSA One-Day Cup, Fortuin took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket. [12]

International career

In August 2019, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India. [13] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against India, on 18 September 2019. [14] In January 2020, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England. [15] He made his ODI debut for South Africa, against England, on 7 February 2020. [16]

In September 2021, Fortuin was named in South Africa's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [17]

In May 2024, he was named in South Africa’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. [18]

Personal life

On 24 April 2021, Fortuin converted to Islam, [19] adopting the Muslim name of Imaad. [20] He is the second South African international cricketer, after Wayne Parnell, to convert to Islam. [21]

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