Rumman Raees
Rumman Raees Khan (Urdu: رومان رئیس; born 18 October 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for United Bank Limited and the Pakistan cricket team.[3] In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[4][5] Personal lifeThe only brother of four sisters, he married in 2017.[6] Domestic and T20 franchise careerIn October 2017, during the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between United Bank Limited and Lahore Whites, he took nine wickets for 25 runs in the second innings of the game.[7] These were the second-best figures in first-class cricket in Pakistan.[8] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[9][10] In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[11][12] International careerHe was selected in Pakistan's squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, but was dropped due to a knee injury.[13] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 27 September 2016.[14] Raees was initially not named in Pakistan's squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, but was added to the team as a replacement for the injured Wahab Riaz.[15] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in the semi-final against England on 14 June replacing the injured Mohammad Amir. He took two wickets for 44 runs including England's opener Alex Hales.[16] References
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