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Sultan Ahmed, Sanchit Sharma, Adhitya Shetty and Vishnu Sukumaran as reserves for the team. Fahad Nawaz replaced Zawar Farid due to injury. | ||
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| Born | 12 February 1996 Mian Channu, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut(cap 89) | 5 February 2022 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 9 November 2024 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 55) | 5 October 2021 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 21 December 2024 v Kuwait | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muhammad Waseem (born 12 February 1996) is a Pakistani-born Emirati cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. [1] [2] He is also the current captain of the T20I side of the UAE and the highest ranked batter of the nation in ICC T20 Ranking.
Waseem was born in Pakistan, [3] growing up in the Punjab's city of Mian Channu. His nickname is Babba. [4] He qualified to play for the UAE in April 2021 by meeting the ICC's three-year residency requirement. [3]
On 3 February 2021,in the 2021 T10 League,Waseem equalled the record for the fastest fifty in a T10 cricket match,doing so in 12 balls. [5] [6] In May 2021,he was called into the Multan Sultans squad as a replacement player for the 2021 Pakistan Super League. [7] In September 2023,he was picked by the Chattogram Challengers following the players' draft to play for them in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League. [8]
In October 2021,Waseem was named in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 Summer T20 Bash tournament. [9] He made his T20I debut on 5 October 2021,for the UAE against Namibia. [10] Five days later,in the UAE's match against Ireland,Waseem scored his first century in T20I cricket,with 107 not out from 62 balls. [11]
In November 2021,he was named in the UAE's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series. [12] In February 2022,he was also named in the UAE's ODI squad for their series against Oman. [13] He made his ODI debut on 5 February 2022 against Oman. [14]
Waseem was appointed captain of the UAE in March 2023,replacing CP Rizwan for the final match of the 2023 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series. His first full series was the Nepal Tri-Nation Series which was UAE's final series of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. [15] Waseem scored his maiden ODI century against Papua New Guinea in the Nepal series,scoring 119 from 76 balls including twelve sixes. His century came from 61 balls and set a new UAE record for the fastest ODI century, [16] but was surpassed the following day by Asif Khan's 41-ball century. [17]
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Sultan Ahmed, Sanchit Sharma, Adhitya Shetty and Vishnu Sukumaran as reserves for the team. Fahad Nawaz replaced Zawar Farid due to injury. | ||