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| Born | 3 September 1993 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowling-all rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 244) | 29 April 2021 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 January 2025 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Peshawar (squad no. 68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Somerset (squad no. 68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Peshawar (squad no. 68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Khan Research Laboratories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sajid Khan (born 3 September 1993) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Peshawar in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team in April 2021. [1]
Sajid's family hails from Mardan,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [2] His father served in the Pakistan Army and died in 2003, [3] when Sajid and siblings were still young,pushing his mother to work as the breadwinner to support the family. He migrated to Dubai with a six-month visa for training,where he worked at an airport to earn some money,and was a member of the Peshawar team. [4] [5] [6] Some of his side jobs in order to financially survive included selling cellphones. [7]
Sajid Khan made his first-class debut for Peshawar in the 2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 22 October 2016. [8] He made his List A debut on 20 January 2017 for Peshawar in the 2016–17 Regional One Day Cup. [9] He made his Twenty20 debut for Peshawar in the 2018–19 National T20 Cup on 11 December 2018. [10]
In January 2021,following the final of the 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,he was named as the Best Bowler of the tournament. [11] Later the same month,he was named in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup. [12] [13]
In September 2022,Sajid Khan signed for Somerset for the remainder of the County Championship season. [14]
In January 2021,he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against South Africa. [15] [16] In March 2021,he was again named in Pakistan's Test squad,this time for their series against Zimbabwe. [17] [18] He made his Test debut for Pakistan,against Zimbabwe,on 29 April 2021. [19]
In December 2021,in the second match against Bangladesh,Khan took his first five-wicket haul and a ten-wicket haul in Test cricket with a best bowling figure of 8 for 42 in the first innings and 12 for 128 in a match at Mirpur. [20]
In October 2024,Khan was named in Pakistan's squad for the second and third Tests in the home series against England. [21] In the first innings of the second Test,Khan took his second five-wicket haul with figures of 7 for 111. [22] He was named Player of the Match for his nine-wickets in the second test. [23] [24] In the third Test,Khan registered a second ten-wicket haul after his third five-wicket haul with figures of 6 for 128 in the first innings and with 4 for 69 in the second innings,at Rawalpindi. [25] [26] He was named Player of the Series played against England. [27]
Sajid, whose father was a soldier who served the Pakistan Army and who passed away in 2003 (...)