Hasan Ali (cricketer)
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Hasan Ali ( Punjabi and ; born 2 July 1994) is a Pakistani
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er who plays for the national team in all formats. He made his first-class debut for
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in October 2013. He made his international debut for Pakistan in August 2016 in a
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(ODI) match. The following summer, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Pakistan went on to win the tournament with Ali named player of the tournament after taking thirteen wickets. He became the quickest bowler for Pakistan to take 50 wickets in ODIs. In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the
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(PCB).


Early life

Hasan Ali is the son of Abdul Aziz Malhi, whom Ali considers a source of inspiration for his life. His family encouraged him to play cricket from an early age. Two local cricketers, one of whom happens to share the same name as Ata-ur-Rehman,are his childhood coaches and he considers Ata-ur-Rehman his mentor.


International career

In August 2016, Ali was added to Pakistan's
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(ODI) squad for their series against England and Ireland. He made his ODI debut for
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against
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on 18 August 2016. He made his
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debut for Pakistan against
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on 7 September 2016. Ali took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs against Australia on 22 January 2017. In April 2017, Ali was added to Pakistan's
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squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his Test debut for Pakistan in the third Test against the West Indies on 10 May 2017. In June 2017, Ali was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Pakistan won the tournament for the first time, beating arch-rivals India by 180 runs. Ali named as the player of the tournament after taking 13 wickets, and also won the Golden Ball. With 13 wickets, Ali became the joint leading wicket-taker in any Champions Trophy tournament, along with
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. In October 2017, against Sri Lanka, Ali became the fastest bowler for Pakistan to take 50 wickets in ODIs in terms of number of matches played. The same month, he moved to the top of the
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's ODI rankings for bowlers, taking 426 days from debut, the third-fastest of all time. In 2017, Ali took the most wickets in ODIs by any bowler, with 45 dismissals and was named the
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's Emerging Player of the Year. He finished 2017 as the top ranked
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in the
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in ODI cricket. The ICC also named him as the
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. In April 2019, Ali was named in Pakistan's squad for the
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. On 31 May 2019, in Pakistan's opening match of the World Cup, Ali played in his 50th ODI match. In April 2017, Ali was added to Pakistan's
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squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his Test debut for Pakistan in the third Test against the West Indies on 10 May 2017. In June 2017, Ali was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Pakistan won the tournament for the first time, beating arch-rivals India by 180 runs. Ali named as the player of the tournament after taking 13 wickets, and also won the Golden Ball. With 13 wickets, Ali became the joint leading wicket-taker in any Champions Trophy tournament, along with
Jerome Taylor Jerome Everton Taylor (born 22 June 1984) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played as a fast bowler for the West Indies. Taylor eventually picked up 100 wickets for the Windies in both tests and odis. During 2017 he reversed an initial decision t ...
. In October 2017, against Sri Lanka, Ali became fastest bowler for Pakistan to take 50 wickets in ODIs in terms of number of matches played. The same month, he moved to the top of the
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's ODI rankings for bowlers, taking 426 days from debut, the third-fastest of all time. In 2017, Ali took the most wickets in ODIs by any bowler, with 45 dismissals and was named the
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's Emerging Player of the Year. He finished 2017 as the top ranked
fast bowler Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as ''fast'' bowlers, ''quicks'', or ''pacemen''. ...
in the
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in ODI cricket. The ICC also named him as the
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. In April 2019, Ali was named in Pakistan's squad for the
2019 Cricket World Cup The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May ...
. On 31 May 2019, in Pakistan's opening match of the World Cup, Ali played in his 50th ODI match. In September 2019, Ali suffered from a back injury which took seven weeks of rehab and which was immediately followed by a rib fracture taking him out of the game for many weeks as well. He would eventually regain his fitness in late 2020. In January 2021, Ali, after two years, was recalled to Pakistan's Test squad for their home series against South Africa. On 1 May 2021, he took his fourth
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in the first Test against Zimbabwe, and was also named the man of the match for taking nine wickets in the match. He also took his 50th Test wicket in the same match. He was also named the player of the series against Zimbabwe in 2021 on his performance of 14 wickets in the two-Test series. In September 2021, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the
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.


Domestic and T20 franchise career

He was recruited by
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for the 2016 Pakistan Super League. He made his debut against
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in the first edition of the
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. He was retained by Zalmi in the player draft for the 2017 Pakistan Super League. He finished as the team's second-highest wicket-taker with 12 wickets from 11 matches. In the
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, he was the leading wicket-taker in the competition, with twenty-five dismissals, and was named the Bowler of the Tournament. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the
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cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. In January 2021, he scored a century in the final of the 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, and was named the player of the final and the tournament. In January 2021, he was named as the captain of Central Punjab for the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup. In December 2021, he was signed by
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following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League. In March 2022, he was signed by
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to play in six matches in the
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in England.


Personal life

On 20 August 2019, Hasan Ali married Indian flight engineer Samiya Arzoo in Dubai. On 6 April 2021, their first child was born. They named their newly born girl Helena Hassan Ali.


Awards / Achievements

* PCB's Emerging Player of the year: 2017 * ICC World ODI XI: 2017 *
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: 2017 * PCB's ODI Player of the year: 2018 * PCB's Test Cricketer of the Year: 2021 *He was named in
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for the year 2021.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Hasan 1994 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Pakistan Test cricketers Pakistan One Day International cricketers Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers Islamabad cricketers People from Mandi Bahauddin District Cricketers from Punjab, Pakistan Sialkot cricketers Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup Peshawar Zalmi cricketers St Kitts and Nevis Patriots cricketers Central Punjab cricketers Islamabad United cricketers Lancashire cricketers