Khurram Shahzad (born 25 November 1999) is a Pakistani international

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er who plays as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Due to his bowling style he has been compared to former South African international

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Early life

Shahzad was born and grew up in

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, a city located in the

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, where he learned hard-ball cricket, but due to the lack of facilities he moved to

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to play

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before shifting to

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, joining the Aligarh Club, before being spotted in 2017, when ahead of the

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he was selected by the National Cricket Academy to bowl so the national squad could prepare.

Domestic career

Shahzad made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 16 October 2018. In September 2019, he was named in Balochistan's squad for the

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tournament. He made his

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debut on 6 October 2020, for Balochistan in the

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. In October 2021, he was named in the

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squad for their tour of Sri Lanka.

International career

On 20 November 2023, Shahzad was selected in Pakistan's 18-member squad for the test tour of Australia. On 14 December 2023, he made his test debut against

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* 1999 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Pakistan Test cricketers Balochistan cricketers Habib Bank Limited cricketers Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club cricketers Quetta Gladiators cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1990s-stub People from Mandi Bahauddin District 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen