Agha Salman (born 23 November 1993) is a Pakistani
cricket
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er who plays for
Southern Punjab South Punjab may refer to:
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in domestic matches, and for
Lahore Qalanders in the
Pakistan Super League
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...
. He made his international debut for the
Pakistan cricket team
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in July 2022
Career
In April 2018, he was named in
Federal Areas' squad for the
2018 Pakistan Cup
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.
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals in the players' draft for the
inaugural edition of the
Global T20 Canada
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tournament.
He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament for the Edmonton Royals, with 218 runs in six matches. In September 2019, he was named in
Southern Punjab South Punjab may refer to:
*the southern part of the region of Punjab in South Asia
*South Punjab (region), an historic region in the 8th–9th centuries; see Timeline of Pakistani history
*two proposed provinces in this region in Pakistan:
**Sara ...
's squad for the
2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
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tournament.
In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan's
Test
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squad for their series
against South Africa. In March 2021, he was again named in Pakistan's Test squad, this time for their series
against Zimbabwe. In June 2021, Salman was named in Pakistan's
One Day International
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(ODI) squad for the series
against England. In October 2021, he was named in the
Pakistan Shaheens
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squad for their tour of Sri Lanka.
In June 2022, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their
two-match series in Sri Lanka. He made his Test debut on 16 July 2022, for Pakistan against
Sri Lanka
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. In August 2022, he was named in Pakistan's ODI squad, for their
tour of the Netherlands
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. He made his ODI debut on 16 August 2022, for Pakistan
against the Netherlands.
References
External links
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Agha Salmanat
Pakistan Cricket Board
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1993 births
Living people
Pakistani cricketers
Pakistan Test cricketers
Pakistan One Day International cricketers
Baluchistan cricketers
Lahore cricketers
Lahore Blues cricketers
Lahore Qalandars cricketers
Cricketers from Lahore
Southern Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers