Fahad Babar (born 19 February 1992 in
Karachi,
Pakistan) is an American cricketer.
Babar has played two
Twenty20s for the
USA cricket team
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after qualifying to play for the United States because of the
International Cricket Council's (ICC) seven-year residency rule.
He briefly succeeded
Steve Massiah as USA captain in 2013.
He made his
List A
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debut for
ICC Americas in the
2016–17 Regional Super50
The 2016–17 Regional Super50 was the 43rd edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The tournament was held in Antigua and Barbuda.
Ten teams pa ...
on 30 January 2017.
In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the
Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.
References
Living people
1992 births
American cricketers
Cricketers from Karachi
Pakistani cricketers
Pakistani emigrants to the United States
ICC Americas cricketers
Kalutara Physical Culture Centre cricketers
American sportspeople of Pakistani descent
American cricket captains
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