Muhammad Ahsan Ali Khan ( ur, , born December 13, 1990) is a Pakistani-born American professional

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er.

Early life

Ali Khan was born and raised in

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in Pakistan. At the age of 19, his family moved to the United States, settling in

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International career

He made his

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debut in January 2016, playing for the

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team in the

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. On debut against

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, he took the wickets of

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and

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, finishing with 2/63 from ten overs. Khan was the only member of the ICC Americas squad to have not previously played for his national team. In July 2016 he was one of eleven uncapped players to be named for a USA selection camp ahead of the

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tournament in October. In August 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in

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. In October 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. The

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(ICC) named Khan as one of the five breakout stars in men's cricket in 2018 and in February 2019 he was named in the United States'

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(T20I) squad for their series against the United Arab Emirates, but did not play due to injury concerns. The matches were the first T20I fixtures to be played by the United States cricket team. In April 2019, he was named in the United States cricket team's squad for the

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tournament in Namibia. In the United States' second match of the tournament, against hosts

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, Khan took his first

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. He took five wickets for 63 runs from his ten overs, and was named the player of the match. The United States finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining

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(ODI) status. Khan made his ODI debut for the United States on April 27, 2019, against

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, in the tournament's third-place playoff. He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 17 dismissals in six matches. In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the

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, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda. Later the same month, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the

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tournament. In August 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. In October 2021, he was named in the American

(T20I) squad for the

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tournament in Antigua. He made his T20I debut on 7 November 2021, for the United States against

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Franchise career

On June 3, 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the

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tournament. In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the

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team, following the draft for the

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. On March 15, 2020, he debuted for

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against

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and conceded 1/36 in his 3 overs. During the

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, Ali Khan was fined for an incident in the match between the

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and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, where he was involved in a heated exchange with batsman

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. In July 2020, he was named in the

squad for the

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. He was added to the

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for the 2021 Minor League Cricket season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Ali 1990 births Living people American cricketers United States One Day International cricketers United States Twenty20 International cricketers Pakistani emigrants to the United States American sportspeople of Pakistani descent Cricketers from Attock Sportspeople from Ohio Guyana Amazon Warriors cricketers ICC Americas cricketers Trinbago Knight Riders cricketers Kabul Zwanan cricketers Khulna Titans cricketers Karachi Kings cricketers