Mohammad Wasim Wazir (; born 25 August 2001) is a Pakistani international

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er who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He also plays for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League.

Early career

Wasim was born into a Pashtun family of the

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tribe that resides in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 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 where he joined a cricket club before playing at district level and then at regional level, finally representing the Pakistan U19 team. He was part of Pakistan's squad for the

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, replacing

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who couldn't play for the U19 squad as he made his international debut.

Domestic career

Wasim made his first-class debut on 26 November 2020, for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 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 Twenty20 debut on 21 February 2021, for Islamabad United in the

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. In HBL PSL Season 9 he played for Quetta Gladiators.

International career

In March 2021, he was named in Pakistan's limited overs squads for their tours to South Africa and Zimbabwe. In June 2021, he was also named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut on 28 July 2021, for Pakistan against the West Indies, taking the wicket of Chris Gayle. 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 Test squad for the first match against Australia. The following month, Wasim was named in Pakistan's

(ODI) squad, also for their series against

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. He made his ODI debut on 29 March 2022, for Pakistan against

. On 17 December 2022, he made his Test debut for the Pakistan cricket team against England in the third test. After missing out on a number of games, he was recalled to the test team ahead of Pakistan's tour to

for a 3-match series.

Personal life

On 26 June 2024, Muhammad Waseem was married in a private Nikah ceremony at

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in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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