Muhammad Waseem (born 12 February 1996) is an Emirati

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er who plays for the

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. He's also the current captain of the

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side of UAE and the highest ranked batter of the nation in ICC T20 Ranking.

Personal life

Waseem was born in Pakistan, growing up in the Punjab's city of

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. His nickname is Babba. He qualified to play for the UAE in April 2021 by meeting the ICC's three-year residency requirement.

Franchise career

On 3 February 2021, in the 2021 T10 League, Waseem equalled the record for the fastest fifty in a

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match, doing so in 12 balls. In May 2021, he was called into the

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squad as a replacement player for the

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. In September 2023, he was picked by the

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following the players' draft to play for them in the

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International career

In October 2021, Waseem was named in the UAE's

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(T20I) squad for the 2021 Summer T20 Bash tournament. He made his T20I debut on 5 October 2021, for the UAE against

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. Five days later, in the UAE's match against

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, Waseem scored his first century in T20I cricket, with 107

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from 62 balls. In November 2021, he was named in the UAE's

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(ODI) squad for the

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. In February 2022, he was also named in the UAE's ODI squad for their series against Oman. He made his ODI debut on 5 February 2022 against

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. Waseem was appointed captain of the UAE in March 2023, replacing CP Rizwan for the final match of the 2023 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series. His first full series was the Nepal Tri-Nation Series which was UAE's final series of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. Waseem scored his maiden ODI century against

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in the Nepal series, scoring 119 from 76 balls including twelve sixes. His century came from 61 balls and set a new UAE record for the fastest ODI century, but was surpassed the following day by Asif Khan's 41-ball century.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waseem, Muhammad 1994 births Living people Emirati cricketers United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers People from Khanewal District Pakistani emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates