Mohammad Khalil ( Punjabi, ur, ; born 11 November 1982) is a Pakistani former

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er who played for the

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in 2004 and 2005. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler. After only playing six first-class games, he was picked in the Test squad of

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to play against

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in 2003/04. However, he could not get a chance to play in the series, later in the next season he finally made his Test debut during the first Test against

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at the

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in December 2004, but was dropped after failing to claim a wicket. He was picked in the Pakistan ODI squad for the

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, and made his ODI debut in the 8th match of the series against

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