Chundangapoyil Rizwan

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Chundangapoyil Rizwan
Personal information
Full name
Chundangapoyil Rizwan
Born (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988 (age 36)
Thalassery, Kerala, India
BattingRight-handed
Bowling Legbreak googly
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  77)26 January 2019 v  Nepal
Last ODI16 March 2023 v  Nepal
T20I debut(cap  44)31 January 2019 v  Nepal
Last T20I19 February 2023 v  Afghanistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches2915
Runs scored736263
Batting average 32.0023.90
100s/50s1/30/1
Top score10951
Balls bowled46
Wickets 1
Bowling average 39.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling1/19
Catches/stumpings 6/–3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 March 2023

Chundangapoyil Puthiyapurayil Rizwan (19 April 1988) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. [1] He has played for the UAE national cricket team since 2019 and was appointed Twenty20 International captain in 2022.

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International career

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the United Arab Emirates against Nepal on 26 January 2019. [2] In January 2019, he was named in the UAE Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Nepal. [3] He made his T20I debut against Nepal on 31 January 2019. [4]

In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded a year-long part-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board. [5] The following month, in the UAE's first fixture against Ireland, Rizwan scored his first century in an ODI match. [6] [7]

In August 2022, Rizwan was appointed to succeeded Ahmed Raza as the UAE's Twenty20 International captain, with his first major tournament being the 2022 Asia Cup Qualifier in Oman. [8]

Personal life

Rizwan was born in Tellicherry, Kerala, India. [1] His father moved to the UAE in the 1980s, and when he was two years old the family moved to Sharjah, where his younger sisters were born. Rizwan later returned to India to study engineering in Kochi, [9] playing cricket for Kerala at the under-19 and under-23 levels. He moved back to the UAE in 2014 to work, as an electrical engineer with Bukhatir Group. [10]

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References

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