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Faheem Ashraf (Urdu: رانا فہیم اشرف ; born 16 January 1994) is a Pakistani international cricketer who represents the national side and plays first-class cricket for Faisalabad.[2][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]
Rana Faheem Ashraf is the first Pakistani to take a hat-trick in the T20 format of the game. His heroics on the pitch earned him the nickname “Rana Faheem Stokes” by the Pakistani cricket fans.
Born into a Muslim Rajput family in Phool Nagar, a town located in Kasur, Punjab, his father Rana Muhammad Ashraf is an influential lawyer.[6]
He has two sisters and six brothers.[7]
Faheem began his professional cricket journey in 2010 by playing in the inter-district Under-19 competition in the Faisalabad region. Later, he played for the Faisalabad Under-19 team before being remarked in 2013, when he played at senior district-level tournament for Kasur, eventually integrating the Faisalabad team for the 2013–14 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[8]
Faheem scored a century on his first-class debut in 2013–14.[8] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup, taking 19 wickets.[9] He was also the leading wicket-taker for Punjab in the 2017 Pakistan Cup, with eight dismissals in four matches.[10]
In September 2019, he was named in Central Punjab’s squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[11][12]
In March 2017, Faheem was named in Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies, although he did not play.[13] In April 2017, he was named in Pakistan’s ODI squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.[14]
In an ICC Champions Trophy warm-up match against Bangladesh, Ashraf scored 64 runs in Pakistan’s two-wicket win.[15][16] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy on 12 June 2017, dismissing Dinesh Chandimal for his first ODI wicket.[17]
He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Pakistan against a World XI in the 2017 Independence Cup on 12 September 2017.[18]
On 27 October 2017, he took a hat-trick for Pakistan in the second T20I match against Sri Lanka at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi helping team seal a series lead and became the first bowler for Pakistan, and sixth player overall, to take a hat-trick in a T20I.[19][20]
In April 2018, he was named in Pakistan’s Test squad for their tours to Ireland and England in May 2018.[21] He made his Test debut for Pakistan, against Ireland, on 11 May 2018.[22][23]
In July 2018, he took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs, against Zimbabwe, at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.[24] The following month, he was named the PCB’s Emerging Player of the Year.[25]
In April 2019, he was named in Pakistan’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[26][27] However, on 20 May 2019, he was dropped from Pakistan’s squad, after they announced their final team for the tournament.[28][29]
In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan’s tour to England during the COVID-19 pandemic.[30][31] In July, he was shortlisted in Pakistan’s 20-man squad for the Test matches against England.[32][33]
In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan’s Test squad for their series against South Africa.[34][35] In the first Test, Ashraf scored 64 with the bat.[36]
In November 2017, he was drafted in by Islamabad United from Gold category (earning between US$50,000-US$60,000) in the 2018 Pakistan Super League players draft.[37] Faheem played an integral part in team’s winning the 2018 season. Faheem took 18 wickets and scored runs in crucial moments for his side. He was the leading wicket-taker of the tournament and won the best bowler of the season award at the end of the season along with a maroon cap.[38]
In December 2021, he was signed by Islamabad United following the players’ draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League.[39]
In September 2018, he was named in Paktia’s squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[40]
In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[41]
In August 2022, he was signed by Hobart Hurricanes for BBL 12.[42]
Faheem Ashraf has been appointed as the captain to lead Pakistan in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2024.[43]
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