Pakistani cricketer
Asif Ali (Pashto , Urdu : آصف علی ; born 1 October 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer playing for the Pakistan national cricket team . In first-class cricket , Asif represents Northern , and he plays for Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League .[ 3]
He is one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[ 4] [ 5]
Early life
Asif was born on 1 October 1991, in Faisalabad , Pakistan
Before going into professional cricket, he used to work as a labourer in an iron foundry .[ 6]
Domestic and T20 franchise career
Misbah-ul-Haq has played an instrumental role in his development as a cricketer and initially picked him as a power-hitter in the 2011 Super 8 Twenty20 Cup when he was a captain of the Faisalabad cricket team .[ 6]
He was the leading run-scorer for Faisalabad in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy , with 369 runs in six matches.[ 7] He also played in the 2017 Everest Premier league for Pokhara Rhinos.[ 8]
In April 2018, he was named in Punjab 's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup .[ 9] [ 10] He scored the most runs for Punjab during the tournament, with 328 runs in four matches.[ 11]
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[ 12] [ 13] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz 's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[ 14] [ 15]
In March 2019, he was named in Sindh 's squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup .[ 16] [ 17] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[ 18]
In September 2019, he was named in Northern 's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[ 19] [ 20] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League .[ 21]
In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League .[ 22] [ 23] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League .[ 24] In January 2021, he was named in Northern's squad for the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup .[ 25] [ 26]
He was picked by St Kitts & Nevis Patriots for CPL 2021 .[ 27] [ 28] In December 2021, he was signed by Islamabad United following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League .[ 29] In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League .[ 30]
In August 2022, he was signed by the Hobart Hurricanes for BBL 12 .[ 31]
International career
In Mar 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies .[ 32] [ 33] He made his T20I debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 1 April 2018.[ 34] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 13 July 2018.[ 35]
In May 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup , after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named their final fifteen-man squad for the tournament.[ 36] [ 37] Ali struggled to make an impact in the first three years of his international career, and was often sidelined from the team.[ 38] [ 39]
2021 ICC T20 World Cup
In September 2021, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup .[ 40] His selection was criticized by many people including ex-cricketers[ 41] [ 42] [ 43] but he proved his selection right by scoring crucial runs against New Zealand and Afghanistan .[ 44] [ 45] [ 46] [ 47] He won the man of the match award for scoring unbeaten 25 off 7 balls against Afghanistan .[ 48] [ 49]
Asif Ali won the Player of the Month award in November 2021 for his match-winning performances for Pakistan during the T20 World Cup.[ 50] [ 51]
Asia Cup 2022
He was named in the Pakistan's squad for the Asia Cup 2022 .[ 52] On September 8, 2022, he was fined 25% of match fees for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the match against Afghanistan after he got involved in a heated exchange with Afghanistan's bowler Fareed Ahmad .[ 53]
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^ "Hobart Hurricanes pick Shadab, Asif, and Faheem for BBL 12" . www.geosuper.tv . Retrieved 11 September 2022 .
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^ "Asif Ali, the new finisher in town" . The Indian Express . 30 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021 .
^ "Asif Ali thanks his believers as he comes good in green again" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 November 2021 .
^ " 'Remember the name 2.0': How Asif Ali took Pakistan home in Dubai" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved 1 November 2021 .
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^ "Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmad punished for breaching ICC Code of Conduct" . www.icc-cricket.com . Retrieved 11 September 2022 .
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Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz were not initially in the squad, but were named as replacements for
Abid Ali ,
Faheem Ashraf and
Junaid Khan in the final squad.