Saqib Zulfiqar

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Saqib Zulfiqar
Personal information
Full name
Saqib Zulfiqar
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 26)
BattingRight-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Batsman
Relations Zulfiqar Ahmed (father)
Asad Zulfiqar (brother)
Sikander Zulfiqar (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  70)21 June 2019 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI3 November 2023 v  Afghanistan
T20I debut(cap  41)12 June 2018 v  Ireland
Last T20I6 August 2019 v  UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches156118
Runs scored194345237
Batting average 14.928.502.5014.81
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score34* 18534*
Balls bowled3125424318
Wickets 9209
Bowling average 37.3330.5038.33
5 wickets in innings 000
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling2/431/42/43
Catches/stumpings 4/–2/–2/–5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2024

Saqib Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch cricketer. [1] He made his List A debut for the Netherlands against the United Arab Emirates on 17 July 2017. [2] In the match, he played alongside his brothers Asad and Sikander, making it the first instance of three siblings playing for a professional cricket team in the same game. [3] He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 15 August 2017. [4]

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International career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series. [5] He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Ireland on 12 June 2018. [6]

In June 2019, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. [7] He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Zimbabwe on 21 June 2019. [8] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad. [9]

T20 career

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. [10] [11] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. [12]

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