Sharjeel Khan ( ur, شرجیل خان; born 14 August 1989)
cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2010 is a Pakistani
cricket
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er who plays for
Karachi Kings
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in the
Pakistan Super League
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and for
Sindh in the Pakistan domestic tournaments. He made his
first-class debut for
Hyderabad
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in the
2009–10 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
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on 10 October 2009. He was banned for two and a half years in 2017 for his involvement in
Spot-fixing
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. In August 2019, his ban was lifted and he again became available for playing.
Known as an attacking opening batsman, he was a member of the bronze-medal team at the
2010 Asian Games in
Guangzhou
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,
China. He made his
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) debut for
Pakistan
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on 8 December 2013 against
Afghanistan
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and his
One Day International (ODI) debut on 18 December 2013 against
Sri Lanka. In his debut ODI match he scored 61 runs from 61 balls. He was selected for the
Pakistan
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squad for the
2016 ICC World Twenty20, where he was the highest run-scorer for his team. In February 2017, he was suspended and later banned for his part in the
2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal.
Early life
Sharjeel Khan was born in
Hyderabad, Sindh into an
Urdu-speaking
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family.
Career
Sharjeel Khan made his first-class debut in 2009, scoring
a hundred in the second innings. In his
Twenty20
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(T20) games he made two T20 centuries.
He was first called up for Pakistan during Sri Lanka's tour of the UAE. While in his second international in a
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) against Sri Lanka at Dubai, Khan made a promising 34 and suggested he could fix Pakistan's top-order conundrum. This was cemented in his third game, when he blasted a swashbuckling 50 off 25 balls against Sri Lanka. Khan became a regular in the Pakistan limited overs teams ever since his successful
Pakistan Super League
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(PSL) in February 2016, where he made 299 runs (3rd highest) at 30.00. He also hit the most sixes in the inaugural PSL (19) and scored the first century for the PSL.
In September 2016, Khan earned his first
test
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call-up against New Zealand after impressing in the limited overs against England and West Indies.
After completing his five-year ban for breaching the Pakistan Cricket Board's Anti-Corruption code, he was given clearance by the board to resume club cricket. So, he will be part of the players draft for the fifth edition of PSL.
2016 Pakistan Super League
Khan was part of
Islamabad United
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's squad. He scored the first century of the tournament and 117 runs from 62 deliveries against
Quetta Gladiators
Quetta Gladiators (Urdu, Balochi: ; Pashto: کویټه ګلیډیټرز) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They play most home games at the 27,000-capacity Gaddafi Stadium ...
. He scored 300 runs in the tournament and finished the tournament as the third-leading run scorer.
Ireland (2016)
Khan scored his first century against
Ireland
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at
Malahide
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on 18 August 2016. His fifty came from 34 deliveries and century from 61 deliveries with a strike rate of 176.74. This century stands as the fourth-highest
One Day International (ODI) score by a Pakistani, behind
Fakhar Zaman (210*),
Saeed Anwar (194) and
Imran Nazir (160). His 150 also stands as the third-fastest of all time after
AB de Villiers
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and
Shane Watson
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.
2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing
In February 2017, Khan was provisionally suspended under the Anti-Corruption Code of the
Pakistan Cricket Board
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(PCB). This was part of an ongoing investigation into an organisation's alleged attempts to corrupt the
2017 Pakistan Super League. On 18 February, Khan, along with teammate
Khalid Latif, was formally charged by the PCB for violating the anti-corruption code. On 20 March, he was summoned by the PCB Anti-Corruption tribunal for a hearing and was given until 5 May to submit a formal reply. On 30 August 2017, Sharjeel Khan was banned for 5 years from all forms of cricket after being found guilty on five counts in violation of the PCB's anti-corruption code. Two-and-a-half years out of the five-year sentence are
suspended. Khan's ban took effect from when he was first suspended, on 10 February 2017. The Pakistan's dashing opening batsman Sharjeel Khan is all set to get back to the limelight cricket with the news of him being included in the drafts for the fifth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Playing his last game for Islamabad United in February 2017, Sharjeel missed two complete seasons of the tournament.
In December 2021, he was signed by the
Karachi Kings
Karachi Kings ( ur, ; sd, ڪراچي ڪنگز) (abbreviated as KK) is a Pakistani professional franchise Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, ...
following the players' draft for the
2022 Pakistan Super League.
In December 2022, he was signed by the
Khulna Tigers
Khulna Tigers ( bn, খুলনা টাইগার্স) are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team representing the Khulna division in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The franchise was owned by Gemcon Sports a ...
for the
2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League
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.
References
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1985 births
Living people
Muhajir people
Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
Hyderabad (Pakistan) cricketers
Islamabad United cricketers
Rangpur Rangers cricketers
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Pakistan One Day International cricketers
Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers
Pakistani cricketers
Pakistan Test cricketers
Sindh cricketers
Cricketers from Hyderabad, Sindh
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricketers
Cricketers banned for corruption
Karachi Kings cricketers