Haider Ali (

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, ; born 2 October 2000) in Attock city, is a Pakistani right handed

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er. He made his first-class debut in September 2019. He made his international debut for the

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on 1 September 2020. Due to his batting style, his compact defence technique, his off-side play and his pull shots, he has been compared to Indian cricketer

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. He himself considers Sharma to be his role model.

Early career

He was born in

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to a

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father. His

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family is known for being more into

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and

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than cricket, and apart from a cousin who played for

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, he's the only one to have played professional cricket, beginning with tape-ball cricket in 2015 and joining the Al Faisal cricket club few months later, before playing at Under-16 level in 2016 and at Under-19 level in 2017.

Domestic and franchise career

He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 10 December 2018. In September 2019, he was named in Northern's squad for the

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tournament. He made his first-class debut for

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in the

on 14 September 2019. In December 2019, he was drafted by the

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(PSL) franchise team

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as their Supplementary category Player during the 2020 PSL draft. On 10 March 2020, he became the youngest cricketer to score a fifty in the PSL. In August 2021, he was named in the

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' squad for the

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. In December 2021, in the seventh round of the

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, he scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket with 206 runs. In July 2022, he was signed by the Dambulla Giants for the third edition of the

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International career

In November 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. He made his

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debut for Pakistan, against Afghanistan, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019. In December 2019, he was named the vice-captain of Pakistan's squad for the

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. In May 2020, the

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(PCB) awarded him a central contract, in a newly created Emerging Players' category, ahead of the 2020–21 season. In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan's tour to England during the

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. However, on 22 June 2020, Ali was one of three players from Pakistan's squad to test positive for COVID-19. Although he had shown no previous symptoms of the virus, he was advised to go into a period of self-isolation. On 21 August, he was named in Pakistan's

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(T20I) squad, also for the series against England. He made his T20I debut for Pakistan, against England, on 1 September 2020. In his debut T20I match, he scored 54 runs, becoming the first cricketer for Pakistan to score a fifty on a T20I debut. In October 2020, he was named in a 22-man squad of "probables" for Pakistan's home series against Zimbabwe. On 31 October 2020, he was added to Pakistan's

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(ODI) squad for the second match of the series. He made his ODI debut for Pakistan, against

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, on 1 November 2020. In November 2020, he was named in Pakistan's 35-man squad for their tour to New Zealand. In June 2021, Ali was named to Pakistan's squads for their tours of

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and

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. However, on 24 June 2021, he was withdrawn from Pakistan's squads, after breaching the

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at the

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tournament. In October 2021, he was named the vice-captain of the

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for their tour of Sri Lanka. In August 2022, Ali was named in Pakistan's squad for Asia cup 2022.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Haider 2000 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Pakistan One Day International cricketers Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen Rawalpindi cricketers Peshawar Zalmi cricketers Cricketers from Attock Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Pakistan Derbyshire cricketers Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers