Mohammad Wasim Wazir (

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er. He plays for

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Early life

He was born into a

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family in

North Waziristan North Waziristan District ( ps, شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanist ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

, where he began to play tape-ball cricket. Due to the lack of facilities there, he had to move to the provincial capital of

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

where he joined a cricket club before playing at district-level and then at regional-level, finally representing the Pakistan U19 team.

Career

Wasim was part of Pakistan's squad for the

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. He later made his first-class debut on 26 November 2020, for

, in the

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. In January 2021, he was named in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the

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. He made his

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debut on 18 January 2021, for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the

. He made his

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debut on 21 February 2021, for

in the 2021 Pakistan Super League. In March 2021, he was named in Pakistan's

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squads for their tours to

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and

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. In June 2021, he was also named in Pakistan's

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(T20I) squad for the series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for Pakistan against the

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, taking the wicket of

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. In September 2021, he was named in Pakistan's

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(ODI) squad for their series against New Zealand. Later the same month, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the

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. In December 2021, he was again named in Pakistan's ODI squad, this time for their series against the West Indies. In February 2022, Wasim was added to Pakistan's

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squad for the first match against Australia. The following month, Wasim was named in Pakistan's

(ODI) squad, also for their series against Australia. He made his ODI debut on 29 March 2022, for Pakistan against

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. On 17 December 2022, he made his

debut for the

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against

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in the third test.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wasim, Mohammad 2001 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Pakistan One Day International cricketers Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers Islamabad United cricketers Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricketers People from North Waziristan